An integral part of the study of the United States history is the history of immigration in America. Our students learn about the history of immigration through a variety of sources, including some of those listed bellow. Students explore both, the history of immigration, and some of the most current issues in this continually hot political topic from as many sides as possible.
American Immigration Lawyers Association
National Immigration Forum: A great site to start learning about current issues generally from the Pro-persective: http://www.immigrationforum.org/
Great Site to learn about issues from a generally Anti-perspective: Federation for American Immigration Reform
Immigration sites:
The Village News, LatinoVote.com, top immigration links Immigration In the News: Reports to study and discuss
Homeland Security wants to integrate immigrants into the American culture
This report explores the issue of cultural assimilation of new immigrants in America
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1752894
Border Shooting Death Raises U.S.- Mexico Tensions
The U.S. – Mexico border has been catalogued by many people on either side as a “war zone” for many years. This NPR article deals with some of the more resent events to come out of this very controversial piece of land that we call the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5168712
Supremacists and Immigration
Report of the increasing connections between the immigration debate and supremacist groups.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7725295
Irish Illegal Immigrants point to other issues on the immigration
Report on the illegal Irish immigration situation and some ideas that might be interesting for your understanding of the topic
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7761621
Immigrant groups research sites for the Immigration Project
Immigration unit case study
The Bracero Program – Mexican American Group
Report on Illegal Immigrants being held by smugglers in LA
This NPR report briefly talks about an incident of smuggling Mexicans and Central Americans into the United States. Although the report is brief, it brings up some interesting topics for thought and discussion.
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1901921
The Debate over Day Laborers
this NPR report talks about not only the poverty and hardship of those that seek jobs on a daily basis, but it connects it to the issue of immigration and poor immigrants.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5179068
A “Guest Workers” program for California’s Farms
This NPR report highlights the issue of illegal immigrants working in the fields of California, and the Bush proposal that has become quite controversial.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5173229
Rites of Citizenship for Immigrants
This NPR report goes to a citizenship ceremony to listen and highlight what it means to become a citizen of the United States.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4729115
Border Shooting Death Raises U.S.- Mexico Tensions
The U.S. – Mexico border has been catalogued by many people on either side as a “war zone” for many years. This NPR article deals with some of the more resent events to come out of this very controversial piece of land that we call the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5168712
Strange Bedfellows Join forces on Immigration Bill
What groups tend to favor immigration into the U.S. and why? this NPR report talks about some “unusual” proponents of continuing immigration into the country, and it highlights why they are pro-immigration
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5163862
Owner Threatens to Raze Garden in Industrial L.A.
Here is a report that seems more about a battle between interests among regular people in the U.S., but it also represents one example of the types of issues that affect relationships between “locals” and “immigrants” in a U.S. community. It is an interesting cultural report with many economic and political questions to consider.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5160542
Young Civil Rights Activists
MLK and others from our history class are remembered as the civil rights activists. Who are the people that have taken on the quest for civil rights today? This NPR report highlights this issue with some interesting connections to immigrant issues.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5159456
Immigration Bill Would Require Status Checks
What law should we made to insure that the workers in a company are legal workers? This NPR report looks at a bill in Congress which would force companies to check for legality, and why it may or it may not work so well in the long term.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5054584
War of Words
This Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article focuses on the war of the terms “illegal Aliens” vs. “Undocumented Workers” and it talks about why such terminology is important to how the issue of immigration is viewed in the United States.
Immigration May be Hot Issue in ’08
This Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article focuses on why the issue of Immigration is becoming more important to present and future candidates and why the country in general is talking about it.
NPR Discussion Transcript of why a Tougher Immigration Policy is Needed
This NPR transcript highlights the ideas of a prominent congressman who believes that immigration lawas should be stricter.