Immigration


 * Immigration has had a big ** **Demographic** **efftect on Bushwick.Now it has many different cultures living together, including Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Dominicans, and recently, other South American nationalities.

Forty years ago, Bushwick was mainly Italian, but many people left because of drugs and fires. Bushwick lost about half its population during this period, called the Firestorm.

In 1965 the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was passed an immigration act that affected Bushwick because it allowed people from different countries. All people left and Bushwick needed to be rebuilt. An annual limitation of 300,000 visas were allowed. this now let people come and people came to a society that was cheap and becoming brand new. **