TY - JOUR AB - Looks at how immigration in the USA has changed so that by the late 1980s almost three‐quarters of a million legal immigrants were entering the country ever year, and how by the 1980s this had increased to 9 million! Investigates the changing birthrate by which foreign born residents now account for one in five births in the USA. Posits that Islam is the fastest growing religion and that the USA has metamorphosed from being a “Christian” country to be the most religiously diverse nation in the world. VL - 24 IS - 7/8 SN - 0144-333X DO - 10.1108/01443330410790993 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330410790993 AU - Kurien Prema PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - Introduction: the impact of immigrants on American institutions T2 - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 1 EP - 14 Y2 - 2024/04/20 ER -