Emigration and Immigration of the Late 19th Century

In our class discussion, we discussed the concept of the emigration from Eastern and Southern Europe, as well as Ireland. This emigration illustrated a new problem--the "have-nots" in the Modern World--without industries, life is empty. Plus, we saw the immigration patterns in England, Germany and the US illustrated the modern problem of the "haves"--its all mine and don't even think about sharing it.

With this said in a different manner, evaluate the following:

1. Was tradition life of agriculture really that bad?
2. How was the treatment of the immigrants unfair, racist, and completely wrong?
3. How was the treatment of the immigrants justified in the eyes of those who felt threaten?