Immigrants in the Americas Indian immigrants at a Jamaican banana plantation (left) and German immigrants in Brazil (below) at the turn of the twentieth century. Immigrants brought new cultures and worldviews to the Americas. (Jamaica: Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, England, circa 1905/© The Print Collector/Heritage/The Image Works; Brazil: © SZ Photo/Scherl/The Image Works)