Immigration Resources
Updated 1/26/04
General
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Immigration: The Perpetual Controversy
- A major article from the archives of Atlantic Monthly magazine, which
reviews past debates on immigration through U.S. history. Many references
and links to earlier articles going back to 1896 are included.
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Immigration Issues: Articles From Atlantic Monthly
- This site features major articles which analyze the issues related to
immigration in modern America. Many good articles, although fairly
lengthy and scholarly.
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Naturalization
Law Procedures
- Naturalization is the process by which legal permanent residents of
the United States become U.S. citizens. This page explains the procedure.
- Ellis Island
- Millions of Americans have made the United States the most
multicultural nation in the world. From the time Ellis Island opened in
upper New York harbor near the Statue of Liberty in 1892 to the time it
closed in 1954, it served as the portal for the vast majority of new
immigrants.
- Immigration
Through Ellis Island
- Photo exhibit of Ellis Island, the major entry point for immigrants
through the East Coast of the United States.
- Managing Migration in the 21st Century
- Links to reports on migration are offered here, U.C. Davis. "These projects aim to develop useful tools for managing migration. [and]
show that extreme solutions are often based on perceptions rather than facts...."
- Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
- The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration advises the Secretary on the formulation of U.S. policies on population, refugees, and migration and administers U.S. refugee assistance and refugee admissions programs. Resources include: Issues In the News, Key Policy Documents, Press Statements; Remarks, Testimony, and Briefings; Fact Sheets and Other Information.
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Chinese Immigration Resources
- Museum of the City of San Francisco
- Lots of articles and information about immigration. Has a large section of links to Chinese Immigration. Includes some pictures and illustrations. Lists oldest years covered first (1849-1995).
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Historical Immigrant Arrival Data--1821 to 1995
- "The following data on immigration by decade and by geographic region is taken from the Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service for 1994 and updated for 1995 data." Offered by the FAIR (Federation For American Immigration Reform) organization.
- The First Chinese in Hawaii
- Newspaper article about the first Chinese to immigrate to Hawaii.
Other Immigration
Resources
- European
Migration
- Mostly about people of Sweden, but has excellent links to other
groups' emigration to America. The history of Swedish emigration to
America goes further back in time than that of the United States. Swedes
started to come in 1638, just eighteen years after the landing of the
"Mayflower."
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The Potato
Famine in History
- How the loss of the Irish potato crop of 1845 caused large numbers of
Irish people to migrate to America.
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Topicos del
Servicio de Inmigracion
- En espanol, information about immigration processes.
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American
Immigration Resources on the Internet
- Links to resources related to immigration to America. Mostly focuses
on current issues.
- Immigration:
National Center for Policy Analysis
- A "think tank" that offers data about the effects of immigration on
the U.S. They offer statistics and studies on the topic, as well as
further references to additional information.
- California
Voter Proposition 187
- The California Secretary of State's analysis and background
information on the 1994 Voter Proposition relating to rights of illegal
aliens. Includes arguments for and against.
- Kinship
Tutorial
- Learn online how to chart family kinship (relationships).
- Return to the Stiern Middle School Library Web Links Page..