Immigration History

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Immigration History

Recommended Textbooks on Immigration

These textbooks all feature in that syllabus, and offer an important starting point for those who care about the stories of immigrants in the U.S.

November 13, 2024

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Immigration History

Immigration Policies Under Barack Obama

President Barack Obama’s immigration policies formed a centrist approach, drawing harsh criticism from both sides of the U.S. immigration debate.

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Immigration History

Eisenhower and Immigration

The presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower saw two significant initiatives affecting U.S. immigration and immigrants.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

The U.S. Constitution and Immigration

The U.S. Constitution offers little detail on immigration policy but sets broad rules on who holds authority and how policies can be legally challenged.

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Immigration History

17 U.S. Immigrants Who Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Learn about American Nobel laureates in chemistry who were born outside the country

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Immigration History

Thomas Jefferson and Immigration

In his Notes on Virginia (1780s), Thomas Jefferson voiced doubt that large numbers of immigrants from culturally different countries would benefit the U.S.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

The Truman Presidency and Immigration

The policies Truman enacted—many of which touched on immigration—helped shape the postwar order at home and abroad.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

Jimmy Carter and Immigration

Jimmy Carter's presidency provided something of a bridge between the end of the Vietnam War era and the early Reagan years.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

Immigration in the 1960s

During the 1960s, the foreign-born percentage of the U.S. population hit its lowest levels, hovering around just five percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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