The Social Ties Of Immigrant Communities In The United States

The social ties of immigrant communities in the United States ˘ Amaç Herdagdelen Bogdan State Facebook Inc Facebook Inc amac@fb.com bogdan@instagram.com Lada Adamic Winter Mason Facebook Inc Facebook Inc ladamic@fb.com winteram@fb.com ABSTRACT migration... More

The social ties of immigrant communities in the United States ˘ Amaç Herdagdelen Bogdan State Facebook Inc Facebook Inc amac@fb.com bogdan@instagram.com Lada Adamic Winter Mason Facebook Inc Facebook Inc ladamic@fb.com winteram@fb.com ABSTRACT migration scholars. Social networks are one of the main pathways Moving to a new country can be difficult, but relationships made through which the individual migration decisions affect societies, there can ease the integration into the new environment. The social but despite their capital importance, studies on the intersection of ties can be formed with different groups: compatriots from their social networks and migration have been relatively narrow in scope. home country, people originally from their new country (locals), Here we seek to broaden this scope by providing the first view of and also immigrants from other countries. Yet very little research migration and social networks in the United States. We do so by an- on immigration has addr Less