Immigration

American Civil Liberties Union

Careers in Customs and Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide Civil Rights/Human Rights: K-12 TLC Guide Community Service: K-12 TLC Guide

Cultural Diversity/Multicultural Education: K-12 TLC Guide

Six-Year-Old Cuban Refuge: K-12 TLC Case Studye.

The 1800s: K-12 TLC Guide

U.S. Government
Laws, Illegal Immigrants, Immigrant Labor
Angel Island, Ellis Island

Mexican-American Border
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

American Immigration Movements
African, Chinese, Cuban, German, Irish, Japanese, Luxembourg, Polish

Immigration
Immigration	Immigration Issues by Country: France: K-12 TLC Guide. Germany: K-12 TLC Guide. Israel: K-12 TLC Guide. Italy: K-12 TLC Guide. Japan: K-12 TLC Guide. Switzerland: K-12 TLC Guide. 10/06/1683: Arrival of First German Immigrants to North America Aboard the Concord: German Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide. Indiana University. Mennonite Church USA. Mennonite Historical Society of Canada. The Palatine Project. Rootsweb. Tricentennial Foundation. 09/29/1856: First Polish Catholic Church in the U.S. Is Consecrated at Panna Maria, Texas, Texas State Historical Association. *Getting Started: Kids Guides to Immigration: Law Office of Anna Markovich. Scholastic. World Almanac for Kids. Abbott, Grace: K-12 TLC Guide* American Immigration Center. The American Immigrant Law Foundation. The American Immigrant Wall of Honor. Chinese Immigration Policy, The Writing Den. Deutsche Welle: German Integration Problems. Emigrant Stories, The Oregon-California Trails Association. The Foreign Immigrant in New York City, Lower Manhattan Project. Foreign Immigrants in Industrial America, University of Wisconsin. TheHistoryNet: 10/09/1825: First Norwegians Immigrate to America. Immigrants and the U.S. Census: K-12 TLC Case Study. Immigrants and the Workplace: K-12 TLC Guide. The Iimmigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota. The Immigration Superhighway. The Indian Emigre in America, India50: A Celebration of India in Its 50th Year. National Public Radio: 11-Year-Old Boy Seeks Asylum (audio: 3:35). Cuban Spy Caught in the INS (audio: 3:30). Cubans Accepted for U.S. Residency (audio: 3:44). Displaced Romanians: 11/21/00 (7:09). Foreign Accent: 10/26/99 (3:00). From Pho to Fast Food, an Immigrant's Tale. Illegal Aliens as College Students (audio: 5:30). Immigrant Parents: 2/25/00 (8:40). Immigrant Women and Abuse. Immigration Is Changing Europe (audio: 6:17). Indian Immigration to the U.S. (audio: 7:33). Iowa's Immigration Policy (audio: 6:00). Iraqi Doctor Spy Deportation (audio: 5:30) Kids Become Citizens at the Circus (audio: 8:15). Melting Pot: 1/6/00 (2:15). Memory Quilt Unites Residents (audio: 6:30). Multicultural Queens, New York (audio: 12:00). 'Nueva York' Exhibit and America's Latin-American Heritage. Race and Politics in Europe. Refugees Seek Asylum in England (audio: 4:30). The Right to be Fully American. Students Break Immigration Story (audio: 3:36). U.S. Rescues Eight Cubans at Sea (audio: 3:30). Unions Grow as Demographics Change: 9/4/00 (4:03). Vietnam Operation Baby Lift: 3/30/00 (7:30). Vietnamese Women Immigrants (audio: 20:30). Walter Polovchak: 1/21/00 (4:30). The New Americans, PBS. Norwegian Emigrant Museum. Public Radio International: Immigration, Language and Comfort Foods. Swedish Immigration to North America, Augustana College. Work Visas for Immigrants with Technology Skills: K-12 TLC Guide:
Immigration Angel Island	San Francisco: K-12 TLC Guide. Asian-American Heritage: K-12 TLC Guide. Chinese Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide. Japanese Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide. Angel Island Immigrant Journeys of Chinese Americans. Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. Angel Island State Park: Angel Island Association. State of California. Angel Island Poetry, University of Illinois. *The Brown Quarterly. Center for Educational Telecommunications. eMINTS. GORP: Camping. Cycling. Houghton Mifflin. KQED. Library of Congress. Menlo School. PBS. San Diego's Chinese Community. Stanford Magazine. University of California Davis. University of Houston. University of Illinois: Angel Island Photo Gallery. Angel Island Poetry. Angel Island: Li Keng Wong's Story, Scholastic. Grade 4:* American Immigrants: A K-12 TLC Student Research Guide. Other: Ask Asia. EduPlace.
Immigration Ellis Island	New Jersey: K-12 TLC Guide. Statue of Liberty: K-12 TLC Guide. German Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide. Irish Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide. Polish Immigration: K-12 TLC Guide. BBC. Ellis Island -- Immigration: 1900-1920, University of California, Riverside. Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Fact Monster. History Channel: The History of Ellis Island. 11/12/1954: Ellis Island Is Closed. Library of Congress. National Park Service. National Public Radio: The Dark Side of Ellis Island. Eerie Ellis Island, Then and Now. New Jersey v. New York (1998), Oyez. Save Ellis Island. Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. The Virtual Ellis Island Tour. Grade 4: American Immigrants: A K-12 TLC Student Research Guide.
Immigration Laws	Cuban Refugees to the U.S.: K-12 TLC Guide. 1886: YICK WO V. HOPKINS: K-12 TLC Guide. Immigration Law, FreeAdvice.com. National Public Radio (audio): Conning Immigrants: 12/2/00 (6:05). Court Refuses Immigration Case: 3/27/00 (2:15). Deportation and Justice: 12/22/99 (3:04). Deportation of a Gay Brit: 2/21/00 (5:14). EEOC Sets Protections for Illegal Aliens (4:00). Haitian Refugees: 1/3/00 (3:30). Illegal Immigration in Southwest U.S.: 12/9/99 (47:00). The INS and Civil Rights: 5/1/00 (4:30). The INS and Illegal Children: 1/26/00 (4:00). INS Border Patrol Shortage: 1/19/00 (5:25). INS Indefinite Detention: Immigrants in Jail: 3/27/00 (10:15). Court Rules Against Detention: 4/11/00 (3:30). Naturalization of Hmong Veterans: 4/24/00 (3:35). Private Bills to Grant US Citizenship: 1/12/00 (4:30). Supreme Court: Lawyers Must Give Immigration Advice U.S. Immigration Law-Overview for Canadians
Immigration Illegal Immigrants	Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution: K-12 TLC Guide. Illegal Immigration from Mexico: BBC. Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies. *Chicago Tribune. Christian Science Monitor. Commentary: The Ugly Mexican-American Immigration Debate, CNN. Digital History, University of Houston. Mexican-American Fights Illegal Immigration, International Herald Tribune. National Geographic. The New York Times. National Public Radio: 2010: Illegal Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S.. Citizenship-by-Birth Faces Challenges. Illegal Aliens as College Students (audio: 5:30). Illegal Immigrants and Cheap Labor (audio: 5:15). Illegal Two-Year-Old Thai Immigrant (audio: 7:20). The INS and Illegal Children (audio: 4:00). INS Border Patrol Shortage (audio: 5:25). Meat Packers & Illegal Immigrants (audio: 7:30). Undocumented Student Walks Hazy Path. Illegal Immigration in Southwest U.S.: Discussion (audio: 47:00). Operation Denial (audio: 3:20). Supporters Explain Why Arizona Needs Tough Law. Smuggling Chinese Nationals into the U.S.: 01/06/00: Smuggling Illegal Aliens (8:00). 01/11/00: Chinese Stowaways Found Dead (5:09). 01/21/00: Arrests Made (4:15). 01/21/00: Arrests Made (4:15). 09/21/00: Lawyer and Others Arrested (4:10). What Are the Solutions to Illegal Immigration in America?*, ProCon.org.
Immigration Mexican- American Border	Mexican Cultural Integration with the United States: K-12 TLC Guide. National Public Radio (audio): 02/04/00: Mexican Immigrant Laborers (3:15). 03/31/00: U.S.-Mexican Border Tensions (8:00). 04/04/00: Problems with Rural U.S. Residents (4:57). 04/10/00: INS Barred from South Texas Ranch (7:30). 08/24/00: INS Best Efforts Not Good Enough (12:30). 08/25/00: Aiding Desert Migrants (4:47). 08/25/00: Liberalizing Work Visas (8:30). *12/01/00: Border Ballad* (6:29). Iraqi Christian Immigrants: 09/21/00: Detained on Mexican Border (3:28). 09/26/00: Update (3:45). U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Studies**, Durham University.
Immigration U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service	K-12 TLC Case Study: Elian Gonzalez. INS Home Page. "Liberty's Heavy Hand", The Oregonian. National Public Radio (audio): 01/19/00: Border Patrol Shortage (5:25). 01/26/00: The INS and Illegal Children (4:00). 04/04/00: History of the INS (11:30). 04/05/00: The Complexity of the INS (9:30). 04/06/00: Family Policies (6:38). 04/06/00: Services v. Enforcement (9:15). 05/01/00: The INS and Civil Rights (4:30). 05/23/00: Hearings on Use of Secret Evidence (4:00). 05/25/00: INS to Use Dogs on Mexican Border (4:00). 06/05/00: Refugees and Asylum (6:50). 06/06/00: Illegal Two-Year-Old Thai Immigrant (7:20). 08/11/00: INS Revises Guidelines (8:00). 08/25/00: Sexual Persecution and Asylum (4:00). 08/25/00: Liberalizing US Work Visas (8:30). 09/02/00: INS Tensions in Portland, OR (4:30). 12/08/00: Battered Women as Immigrants (3:30). INS Indefinite Detention: 03/27/00: Immigrants in Jail (10:15). 04/11/00: Court Rules Against Detention (3:30). 09/15/00: Muslim Academic Held 3 Yrs (3:30). 12/08/00: Holding Detainees in Prison (6:00).
Immigration	Young Adult: Lord, Bette Bao: K-12 TLC Guide. *Angel Island: Li Keng Wong's Story, Scholastic. Beyond the Western Sea, Avi: K-12 TLC Guide. Watch the Stars Come Out, Riki Levinson, Diane Goode (Illustrator): Amazon.com. Reading Rainbow. Adult: Becoming American, Ilan Stevens: National Public Radio. Amazon.com. Report: Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, University of Virginia. Stealing Buddha's Dinner: K-12 TLC Guide. Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder: National Public Radio. Amazon.com*.
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 03/13: Contributions of Female Immigrants to the American Society. 10/06: German-American Day.
	Grades 3-12: Ellis Island Electronic Field Trip, Let's Net School, Michigan State University. Grade 4: American Immigrants: A K-12 TLC Student Research Guide. Grades 4-8: History Firsthand, Cory Brandt and Monica Edinger, The Library of Congress. Grades 6-8: Crossing the Border, A Study of Immigration Though Literature, Yale University. Learning of Immigration through Oral History, Barbara Wysocki and Frances Jacobson, The Library of Congress. Grades 6-12: Port of Entry: Immigration, Barbara Wysocki and Frances Jacobson, The Library of Congress. Grades 7-12: PBS: The New Americans. Destination America. Grade 8: A Visit to Ellis Island, Mary Jewell, San Diego County Office of Education. Other: Chinese Exclusion Act and Chinese Boycott Case, The National Archives and Records Administration. *Duffy's Rocks, University of Pittsburgh. Luxembourgers and Rolling Stone, MN*.

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This guide last edited 11/10/2010
This guide last revised 02/25/2009