adherents of jainism first arrived in the united states in the 20th century. the most significant time of jain immigration was in the early 1970s. the us has since become a center of the jain diaspora. the federation of jain associations in north america is an umbrella organization of local american and canadian jain congregations. unlike india and united kingdom, the jain community in united states doesn't find sectarian differences, both digambara and śvētāmbara a share common roof.