This is a report of the analysis of national survey data to gauge the well-being of immigrant children compared with children in native-born families. The authors examine different areas, including family income and environment, child...

Article reports on efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport families who were part of the surge of Central Americans who crossed into the U.S. illegally over the past two years.

Article reports on the complicated feelings that Americans have regarding the social issue of illegal immigration.

This site is provided for by National Public Radio. There has been some time since the 9/11 tragedy when Americans were upset with immigration laws. Where is America now? How do Americans look at immigrants and the diversity they bring...

Interesting survey results and discussion about immigration, particularly illegal immigration. View how the American public views immigration in this March, 2006, survey/article.

This article focuses on the history of who were the insiders (with rights) and the outsiders (without rights) in the early history of the US (prior to the 14th Ammendment. It was largely based on race not citizenship.

This article is written by a doctoral student of American foreign relations and immigration policy who doing research in Cameroon, Africa. In 1990, just 3000 Cameroonian immigrants resided in the United States. Today the number has...

This article focuses on how to support immigrants and international students in the current anti-immigration climate. Two authors discuss their work: "Abrazando El Espiritu: Bracero Families Confront the US-Mexico Border" by Ana Rosas...

This article focuses on immigration bans in American history including Teddy Roosevelt's ban on "anybody who believed in polygamy, promoted polygamy, or lived in a country that practiced polygamy." It discusses the Mormons and the Chinese.

An excellent description of the problems facing the involvement of Hispanic-Americans in American politics. The essay covers 1948 to 1996, with a good discussion of the civil rights era.

An article about the American Protective Association, an anti-Catholic political organization, taking over the Seattle School Board.

This article focuses on South Asian immigrants from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh in the late 20th century attempted to infuse home with their interactions in America, to negotiate their own positions in society. In their pursuit of...

Concise information on American customs and habits aimed at older students. With coverage on meeting new people, introductions, speaking on the phone, eating out, tipping, and smoking. Also includes extensive internal links to other...

Essay discussing immigration and acculturation of American Jews through the Nineteenth Century. Includes questions for guiding student discussion, historian debate and links to online resources.

Article covering Antebellum social and cultural movements including education reform, literature, Seneca Falls, immigration, and religion.

A comprehensive look at the theory of eugenics, the pseudo-scientific idea that fed into the nativists' search for the "superior" American. This article explains how companies used this theory to sell their products.

Like Native Americans, Mexican Americans and Chinese immigrants suffered harsh consequences due to relentless westward expansion by whites in the nineteenth century.

Provides a timeline, facts, and information about the history of US Immigration Laws with a description of the dates and the purpose of each of the US Immigration laws.

This article focuses on the history of the immigration on the US-Mexico border. The US-Mexico border has been and continues to be both open and closed as a matter of design. For much of the twentieth century, the Immigration and...

This article focuses on the migration of French Canadians into the New England area and the impact on the area and the Roman Catholic Church. By the Great Depression, nearly a million Canadians of French descent had settled in the United...

This article focuses on the American Revolution and the British invasion of Canada.

From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the role of townsite agents who, in addition to helping plan a town, acted as 'information brokers' to advise would-be merchants of the...

Article reports on the issue of immigration policy within the Republican party and how the issue may affect Republicans' ability to win Hispanic/Latino voters. Includes an audio version of the story.

This article focuses on a new website, "Moving Beyond 'Rags to Riches': Using Digital History to Uncover the Lost Stories of New York's Irish Famine Immigrants," which provides students and scholars with easy access to thousands of...