Whatever theinitial causes, once set in motion, immigration movements become self-perpetuating, so that today, as in the past, migration can be thought of asa process of progressive network building. ‘‘Networks developed by themovement of people back and forth in space,’’ Alejandro Portes and RubénRumbaut write, ‘‘are at the core of the microstructures that sustain mi-gration over time.’’
I think it’s really cool that through each wave of immigration, the newer generations have a source and a structure to integrate themselves in! It’s really cool that with technology these communities transcend time and space and create pathways and opportunities.