Immigration Act of 1907
This law created the Dillingham Commission to collect data used in future immigration laws, further narrowed Asian immigration, limited Muslim immigration, and expanded the definition of undesirable women immigrants.
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The Immigration Act of 1903 expanded the federal government’s power to regulate immigration.
Read the full storyImmigration Act of 1891
Beginning in 1882, responsibility for administering U.S. immigration law, excluding the Chinese exclusion law, rested with the individual states.
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Setting the basic course of United States immigration law and policy, the Immigration Act of 1882 established categories of foreigners deemed “undesirable” for entry and gave the U.S. secretary of the treasury authority over immigration enforcement.
Read the full storyImmigrant aid organizations
Immigrant aid organizations played an important role in helping immigrants to establish themselves in the United States.
Immigrant advantage
Immigrants who are considered members of ethnic groups already residing within the United States often have advantages over native-born members of those groups.
Read the full storyThe Immigrant
Directed and cowritten by groundbreaking film artist Charles Chaplin, The Immigrant depicts obstacles and triumphs associated with the immigrant experience.
“Immigrant”
Although the United States was created through immigration and has absorbed a steady stream of newcomers from many lands throughout its history, the term “immigrant” remains an often unclear or ambiguous word for many Americans. . .
Read the full storyImingaisha
The workers sent to Hawaii by the imingaisha began an era of organized Japanese economic emigration that reversed imperial Japan’s long-standing restrictions on population movement outside the country and marked the beginning of the Japanese community in the United States.
Read the full storyIllinois
Illinois has had an immigration history more complex than that of many states. Its early history was characterized by movements of Native Americans and influxes of people from other parts of the United States.
Read the full storyIllegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act, or IIRIRA, was enacted to prevent the flow of undocumented aliens into the United States.
Illegal immigration
Although a self-professed nation of immigrants, the United States has historically shown ambivalence toward newcomers who enter the country illegally.
Identificational assimilation
Sociologist Milton Gordon’s concept of identificational assimilation helps to explain how minority groups develop a sense of peoplehood, an important stage in the assimilation of U.S. immigrants.
Read the full storyIdaho
Idaho’s limited immigration contrasts dramatically with the immigration rates of other regions in which large numbers of immigrant groups have developed and become ingrained in the local communities. In 2008, 92 percent of the state’s residents were classified as “white.”
Read the full storyI Remember Mama
Director George Stevens’s I Remember Mama offers an amiable portrayal of early twentieth century Norwegian immigrants, revealing their daily challenges, lighthearted moments, and career aspirations.
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