America’s immigration waves: 250 years of arrivals

A history of immigration shows how successive waves of arrivals have reshaped the economy, identity and politics of the ...
The Boston Globe

A (very) brief history of immigration to Massachusetts

Catastrophic violence, economic turmoil, and political upheaval abroad driving waves of newcomers here: Immigration is an old story in Massachusetts as much as it is a current one, an elemental force ...
WBEZ

As Trump eyes mass deportations, historians see parallels to past campaigns to force out immigrants

Trucks drove through Chicago’s Southeast Side, telling Mexicans to return to their native country while offering to relocate all of their belongings. La Voz Sidebar Lee este artículo en español en La ...
National Catholic Reporter

A century ago, anti-immigrant backlash almost closed America’s doors

One hundred years ago, the U.S. Congress enacted the most notorious immigration legislation in American history. Signed by President Calvin Coolidge, the Immigration Act of 1924 dramatically reduced ...
insider.si.edu

Unguarded gates : a history of America's immigration crisis / Otis L. Graham

PART I: IMMIGRATION ISSUES FROM THE FOUNDERS TO THE CREATION OF A SYSTEM OF LIMITATION: Nation of the native born unready for the great wave -- Immigration reform: beginnings of national policy -- ...
The Hill

The US is reviving the worst of its immigration history to all of our peril

100 years ago today, America committed its biggest immigration blunder when President Calvin Coolidge signed the National Origins Act. As we commemorate the anniversary, most of the conversation ...