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"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."--Provided by publisher.
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"The events surrounding immigration through the Angel Island station did not look the same to everyone involved. Step back in time and into the shoes of a male Chinese immigrant, a Chinese woman coming to join her immigrant husband, and a missionary woman trying to help Chinese immigrants as readers act out the scenes that took place in the midst of this historic event. Written with simplified, considerate text to help struggling readers, books in...
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Provides an overview of immigration in the U.S. in the years between 1870 and 1920, discussing the reasons why people left Europe and other parts of the world to come to America and their experiences settling in a new country, and features biographies of leading people of the era, and a selection of primary source documents.
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Explores issues surrounding illegal immigration in the United States, discussing the origins of ICE, changes in how illegal immigration is enforced, resistance to the changes, and the future of immigration policies. Includes photographs, sidebars, a list of essential facts, a glossary, and further resources.