1. We now live in a world in which migrants do not have to break connections with friends and family to begin the generations-long process of assimilating
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A her neighbours the basics of their mother tongue.
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2. It is possible to retain close contact
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B nonetheless return to their native countries, bringing with them young families who did not grow up there.
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3. It is also possible for people to
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C read the same newspapers as those being read in the community they have left, watch the same television programmes on satellite television, or borrow the same films on DVD.
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4. Furthermore, we can see
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D into a new society.
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5. Immigrants who intended to make new lives in America – even adopting citizenship – may
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E with the ‘home’ community, on a daily basis via email and telephone.
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F with the perspective of the 21st century that patterns of emigration are now reversible.
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