Irish immigrants flocked to the region in the mid to late 1830s during the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

After World War II, even more immigrants flocked from the east.

Otherwise they would be subjected to financial drain as poor immigrants flocked to take advantage of their relatively generous welfare rules.

Hadera's population began to grow dramatically after Israeli independence in 1948 as immigrants flocked to the country.

"Back at the turn of the century, poor Italian immigrants flocked to the opera," says Stern.

Drawn by their common language of Portuguese, Brazilian immigrants have been flocking to the Ironbound over the last five to 10 years.

In the late 1890's, Jewish immigrants flocked to a "restricted area" to get away from city tenements.

That's why immigrants from around the world flocked to our shores.

European immigrants flocked here starting in the 1860s and built Victorian houses for their families on the board-flat green fields.

In the past 25 years, Storm Lake has undergone a startling metamorphosis as immigrants have flocked here to work in two packing plants.