If someone is a “second generation” immigrant what does that mean

It means that their mother or father was an immigrant, but they were born in the country their parents immigrated to.

Explanation:

“Second generation” refers to people born in the United States, with at least one first-generation (immigrant) parent.

Explanation:

second generation means someone who was  born in the  country that there parents immigrated to with one or more of the parents who were born elsewhere

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women were encouraged to marry later in life so they could work in factories.