Photo by Marine 69-71, Wikimedia Commons It was 1848, the end of the Mexican-American War. By Naomi...
Migration and Immigration
Immigration history follows people who crossed borders in search of safety and opportunity, as well as the societies that received them. Read how migration policies and public attitudes shaped immigrant lives over time.
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa. Luis Texieira, Portolan Chart, Lisbon, ca. 1600 via...
Puck magazine (USA) Oct 3, 1888 Immigration to the United States was influenced by both push and...
Settlers brought relatives from the west, formed marriage alliances for themselves and their children in the east,...
There is a strong correlation between the discourse of medical geography and German settlement patterns. By Paul Warden...
Anti-immigrant cartoon showing two men labeled “Irish Wiskey” and “Lager Bier,” carrying a ballot box. / Everett...
Harbour, Pilot’s Tower and Paddle Steamers 1852. / Dover Museum Nativism caused much splintering in the political...
Memorial to the Victims of the Wall, Berlin / Photo by Lyricmac, Wikimedia Commons Historically, walls have...
We obtained police reports and call logs from more than two-thirds of the shelters housing immigrant children....
Sisters from Guatemala seeking asylum, cross a bridge to a port of entry in to the United...
British Library, Public Domain How early Asian settlers earned a living and made a home in Britain. ...
Photo by Bradley Siefert, Flickr, Creative Commons Many are unaware that most immigrants in the U.S. are here...
Image via learnerlog.org, Creative Commons Out of Africa and gradually stretching around the globe. By Emma Groeneveld...
Child survivors of Auschwitz are seen in this 1945 photograph. (Creative Commons) The more notorious concentration camps of the 20th century must serve as...
Enough is Enough. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc) Not surprisingly, Trump has exaggerated and lied about the immigration situation. By...
Humboldt Fog chèvre, born in a dream. T.Depaepe, CC BY-ND By Dr. Heather Paxson / 12.13.2017 Professor of Anthropology...
By Erica Posey (left) and Rachel Levinson-Waldman (right) / 04.04.2018 Posey: Research and Program Associate Levinson-Waldman:...
A Boyar Wedding Feast, by Konstantin Makovsky, 1883 / Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens via Wikimedia Commons ...
Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi’s aboard the MS St. Louis, which was turned back at the U.S....
By Dr. Rafael Medoff / 12.03.2017 Holocaust Historian David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies Refugee ships...
Migrants are escorted through fields by police as they are walked from the village of Rigonce to...
Photo by Alice Donovan Rouse on Unsplash By Samuel Loncar / 02.02.2017 PhD Candidate in Religious Studies...
Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March to oppose President Trump’s order to end...
The Changing Character of Immigration By Kate Holladay Claghorn Photo of Claghorn in 1912 Text and images from The...
Women and children participate in a drum circle in El Cajon, California. Studies have shown that recreational music-making in...
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States await near the US-Mexico border at El Chaparral crossing in...
Maddox and his brother in their apartment in Lowell, Massachusetts. / Photo by Heidi Shin By Heidi Shin...
Wikimedia Commons By Dr. David V. Johnson / 03.20.2017 Writer/Editor Stanford Social Innovation Review When it comes...
First, we must demand justice for ourselves. Second, those who have privilege and power must intervene for...
Construction workers on a project in Houston on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Michael Stravato for The Texas...