Immigration History

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Immigration History

Abraham Lincoln and Immigration

Before his presidency, Abraham Lincoln condemned the anti-immigrant views of the nativist “Know-Nothing Party,” calling them hypocritical.

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Immigration History

Immigration, President Carter and Iran

On Oct. 21, 1979, President Jimmy Carter allowed Iran’s deposed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to enter the U.S. for cancer treatment, a move that heightened tensions with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s revolutionary government.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

Immigration and Globalization

The World Economic Forum defines globalization as “the process by which people and goods move easily across borders.” Globalization cannot exist without migration.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

Civil Rights and Immigration

Civil rights given to immigrants allow them equal protection under the law, including recourse to the court system regardless of their immigration status.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

Immigrant Voting Rights

The first major U.S. law on immigrant voting rights, the Naturalization Act of 1790, let foreign-born white men become citizens with voting rights.

August 28, 2024

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Immigration History

A Third of 2019 Nobel Prize Winners are Immigrants

There’s no Nobel Prize for biology, but the International Prize of Biology has been awarded annually since 1985. Of 15 American winners, four were immigrants.

August 27, 2024

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Immigration History

Some of America's Favorite Pies Were Invented By Immigrants

Did you know many classic American pies came from abroad? Here’s a list of popular pies first brought to the U.S. by immigrants.

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