Resources by Subject: Immigration Experience
The Immigration Experience in the United States
Migration, both legal and illegal, to the United States has taken place for more than 300 years. This project will explore aspects of emigration during different time periods including: the push motivating people to move to the United States and the resistance and challenges faced.
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Immigration & Relocation in U.S. History
The history of the United States has always been shaped by peoples and communities who came to its shores or moved within its borders. Some sought a better life, some fled oppression, and some were moved against their will. This presentation uses Library of Congress primary sources to explore moments and experiences from several of these communities.Explore the immigration experience of various ethnic groups:
- African
- Chinese
- German
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Mexican
- Native American
- Polish/Russian
- Puerto Rican/Cuban
- Scandanavian
- Global Timeline
The Asian Experience
See Also : Angel Island
The Chinese Experience in 19th Century America
Why did Chinese come to America?
Chinese Immigration to America
Library of Congress article Chinese Immigration
America's Other Immigrant Isle
The Development of U.S. Immigration Law from the 1770s through the 1950s - Gale database article
Europe
Eastern European Experience
Jewish Immigration from Eastern Europe
Second Wave of Immigration,1880-1921-Global Boston
From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America, A Century of Immigration, 1820-1924- Library of Congress Exhibits
The Italian Experience
Library of Congress website-the experience of Italians who arrived in America 
Immigration : Pre-Colonial to 1850
Immigration before 1965 - History.com
Call For Tolerance - Library of Congress
Jewish Immigration During the American Revolution - TeachingHistory.org
Migration to America in the 1,700s -Ancestry.com
The Swedes - Library of Congress
The Irish Experience
Library of Congress website about Irish immigration to America
The Potato Famine and Irish Immigration
Famine Coffin Ships - a difficult journey
The Irish Potato Famine - Life in America
Push and Pull Factors-Ellis Island (NPS)
- THe Irish Immigrant ExperienceFrom the Gale OneFile U.S. History database
Port of Entry
Port of Entry: (POE) is a place where one may lawfully enter the nation. International airports are usually ports of entry, as are road and rail crossings on a land border, and major seaports. U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforces the import and export regulations and immigration programs of the U.S. government.
Angel Island
Watch the 5 minute video, read the 15 minute story
Virtual exhibits, Guided Tour, 3D explorer!
History of Angel Island Immigration Station
From 1910 to 1940, the Angel Island Immigration Station in California functioned as a Detention Center for people immigrating to the United States the the West Coast. Many of the people that passed through Angel Island came from Asian but also South America, Russia, Mexico, Australia, and Canada.
Ellis Island
Ellis Island: Overview and History
Prior to 1890, individual states, rather than the Federal Government, regulated immigration into the United States...Around 1890...the Federal government [started constructing] a new immigration station to Ellis Island.
Opening in 1892 Ellis Island] saw more than 12 million immigrants in its 62 year history.
South American & Central American Experience
History of Mexican Immigration to the U.S.
From Germany to Mexico - great maps showing changes in where immigrants came from
The United States & World War II
Safe Haven in Oswego was the only World War II Refugee Shelter in the United States
The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum is dedicated to keeping alive the stories of the 982 refugees from
World War II who were allowed into the United States as "guests" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These refugees were housed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, from August 1944 until February 1946.
They Fled to an Internment Camp (7/21/2003- New York Times article)
They Were the Lucky Ones (9/13/2020 New York Times article)
Local History Connection
There were 20 base camps, 28 branch camps, 3 hospitals, 1 ISU, 2 internment locations, and 5 cemeteries in NY.
Marion POW Camp
Letchworth Park History - Lower Falls POW Camp
German POWs on the American Homefront - (Smithsonian Magazine, 9/13/2009)
POWs in the USA: 10 Surprising Facts About America's WW2 Prisoner of War Camp - MilitaryHistoryNow
Trends in Immigration - Current Trends and Events
Key Facts About Refugees in the U.S. - PEW Research (10.7.2019)
DACA
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - Reference Article from Gale in Contest Middle
5 Questions About DACA Answered - NPR
Sudan
South Sudan Refugee Crisis
Sudan & South Sudan http://RefugeeMovements.com/sudan
Cuba
Crossing the Straits - Library of Congress
Cuban Exiles in America - PBS: The American Experience
Surge in Cuban Migration Continued through 2016 - PEW Research (1/13/2017)
Syria
By the Numbers: Syrian Refugees Around the World - PBS Frontline
Museum Statement on Syrian Refugees - United State Holocaust Memorial Museum (9/25/2015)
Syrian Immigrants in the United States - CAP Report 12/13/2016
Ukraine
NAFSA : Immigration Resources: Ukraine
U.S. admits 100,000 Ukrainians in 5 months, fulfilling Biden pledge (CBS News - Updated 7/29/22)