Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move.
Samuel P. HuntingtonAbout author
- Author's profession: Sociologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 18, 1927
- Died: December 24, 2008
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