Immigration Website Resources
U S Department of Homeland Security – Citizenship and Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
White House Immigration website
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/
Immigration Stories of Yesterday and Today
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/index.htm
Immigration Information for Teachers and Students
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/introduction.html
Immigration Statistics from the Census Bureau
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/introduction.html
Yahoo News coverage of Immigration topics
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/US/Immigration
2006 Issues in Immigration – Constitutional Rights Foundation
http://www.crf-usa.org/immigration/issues_of_immigration_2006.htm
National Center for Policy Analysis
http://www.ncpa.org/pd/immigrat/immigrt.html
Here is an educational and informational site about immigration and emigration created by the American Immigration Law Foundation . Did you know that nearly half of the American recipients of the 2000 Nobel Prizes were immigrants? This wonderful site provides information about immigration history and the impact of current immigrants on society. The visitor will find memorable quotations, stories about immigrant contributions, brief biographies on notable immigrants, and an eloquent message about immigrants by William Jefferson Clinton. An immigrant project, teacher resources and great sites about the American immigrant experience are included.
http://www.ailf.org/pubed/pe_index.asp
Here is a resource site for immigrants as well as students seeking pro-immigration information. The National Immigration Forum Coalition actively works to enhance the rights and opportunities of immigrants, and encourages understanding between immigrants and other Americans. It conducts applied research and policy analysis on immigration topics such as legal immigration, current and proposed legislation, public benefits, and naturalization. There are also basic facts about immigration as well as information about attitudes toward immigrants, their contributions, etc. More resources are available which can be searched by keyword.
http://www.immigrationforum.org/
Immigrant interviews are available for you to read at this site from American Memory. Understand the American immigrant experience as you find out how people from all over the world came to live in the United States . Learn about the many new vocabulary words introduced by immigrants. Games let you try your skill at speaking Irish and at recognizing Native American place names. There is a cookbook at this site that shares recipes by regions. You will also find photos and additional resources for information.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/immigration_set2.html
The New Americans - Meet some of the people new to America at this web site featuring immigrants. Coming from places as far as Nigeria and as close as Mexico , they are introduced in video segments, and their lives before and after immigration is described. Understand the hardships they endured in their homelands, and the difficulties they faced adjusting to American life. Much of the art, music, food, and language they have brought to America is introduced. Take an immigration quiz to sort out the myths and realities.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newamericans/
This is the official web site for the " United States Department of Justice - Executive Office for Immigration Review ." Here you will learn, " The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) was created on January 9, 1983, through an internal Department of Justice (DOJ) reorganization which combined the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) with the Immigration Judge function previously performed by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (now part of the Department of Homeland Security)." This office is now in charge of enforcing immigration law. At this web site you will learn about recent actions taken by this office. Learn more here.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services - formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Services, has created a newsletter providing up to date information for those seeking immigration or those interested in the organization. Here you will learn current requirements, a brief history of the USCIS, current progress being made and important restrictions. Read about the current statistics of individuals entering the United States . Many links are available throughout this document with more specific information. If you are interested in working for USCIS as a career, an entire section is dedicated towards a job description and requirements.
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/USCIS_Monthly_July_07.pdf
The Urbanization of America - The focus of this lesson is on the wave of immigration in the United States in the late 1800s and how it changed social arrangements and labor relations. The lesson also discusses how urbanization caused many changes in the Unites States as well. Questions that examine these topics are found in the headings to lists of links. The links lead to web sites that attempt to answer the questions. This is a great resource on information about urbanization, immigration, inventions, and labor relations in the late nineteenth century.
http://www.ecb.org/tracks/mod9.htm
Immigration Rights Throughout History - Here is your chance to be the judge. Read the cases of new immigrants to the United States and decide if your judgment is the same as the United States judicial system. As you study both sides of each of these cases, you will learn more about the legal rights of immigrants. These cases cover time periods from 1898 to 2005. Learn about the rule of citizenship by birth, eligibility for naturalization, visas, the right to a free public education and more.
http://www.historynow.org/03_2005/interactive.html
Did you know what special event took place on January 1, 1892 ? That was the day that the first immigrant arrived at Ellis Island , New York . She was 15 years old and her name was Annie Moore. This informational web site also has great photographs depicting people leaving boats that have arrived at Ellis Island , men awaiting their physical inspection at the immigration station, and a video clip from Thomas Edison's movie on Ellis Island .
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress/ellis_1
Did you know that the immigration station known as Ellis Island is now a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument? It is a national park that you can tour . This web site provides so much information about the history of immigration through Ellis Island and what has happened to it since it closed as an immigration station in November of 1954. There are full descriptions of the permanent exhibits at this now national museum and information about visiting the center.
http://www.nps.gov/stli/serv02.htm#Ellis
Did you know that more than 12 million men, women, and children arrived in America through Ellis Island ? This web site takes you on an interactive tour of this famous New York immigration station. The tour takes you to eight different stops in the immigration station. Pictures provide you with a sense of what the immigrant's first experience in America was like and text provides you with additional information on medical exams, sorting through baggage, and exchanging money.