They helped by building railroads.
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You have to be more specific as to when, because various groups have been discriminated against at different times. Chinese immigrants were discriminated against on the west coast at one time, as were Catholic immigrants.
The political bosses helped immigrants by providing jobs on the public payroll, getting housing for new arrivals, giving the needy gifts of food and clothing, patching up minor scrapes with the law, and helping schools, parks, and hospitals get built in immigrant neighborhoods. The bosses only did these things so the immigrants would vote for them and their party.