I will say that I have been unable to find any satisfactory figures on that. because under th6 loose laws in many States. where they allow a man to take out his papers of intention and then vote. after he has been here a year. it is usual for that class of immigrants to do so. which raises the presumption that they are going to stay here. But I do know from my own experience and what investigation I have made. although I say it has not been satisfactory. that the greater portion of the people who return to their former homes are from those countries of eastern and southern Europe. and that it is very rare that you find an immigrant coming from northern Europe who does not settle here permanently. raise his children here. and become a permanent American citizen.
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Immigrants from eastern and southern Europe are more likely to return to their home countries than those from northern Europe.