Relative to its overall population, Nicaragua has never experienced any large-scale immigrant waves.

The history of New York City can be described as a series of immigrant waves.

However, the members of the immigrant wave in the 1960s and 1970s are gradually moving further into the peripheral districts.

But Dade officials say the latest immigrant wave comes as there are no vacant schools.

For another, he added, the very size of the immigrant waves has forced the county to come up with inventive programs.

The police say that unlike other immigrant waves, particularly the Cuban surge in 1980, this one has brought no rash of crime.

The immigrant wave touched every corner of the city.

Among the remaining 20 percent (those descended from the population residing locally before this immigrant wave took shape in the 1870s), around a third were white.

Among the remaining 20% (those descended from the population residing locally before this immigrant wave took shape), around a fifth were of mainly European descent.

Today, Westgarth retains its southern European presence, with many children of the 1960s and 1970s immigrant wave still living in the area.