Immigration Links

Search tips: Use emigration and immigration as search terms if you choose to use an Internet search tool. You can narrow your focus by adding a specific country or ethnic group name in your search. Additional links are welcome, if you find a useful one.

America: The Great Melting Pot
Includes links to regulations on immigration, the Germans, the Italians, the Irish, the Africans, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Jewish. The site includes a timeline.

American Family Immigration Center at Ellis Island
Click on Immigrant Experience in top bar for information. If you know a name, you can search.

American Immigration Law Foundation
Look for the search box at the top of the page. Search for your immigrant group. This site has historic information for many different immigrant groups.

Arab Americans
Demographic information on Arab Americans provided by the Arab American Institute. There is information on Palestinian and Lebanese Arab Americans.

Arab American Immigration
A small site devoted to Arab American immigration with good basic information. Published by the Smoothening Institute.

Asian American History, Demographics & Issues
This site covers many different Asian American issues including immigration.

Asian American Immigration
A research paper written by a university student that covers the Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino and Korean immigration story.

Asian Immigration Information
Historic information on different Asian immigration groups. In spite of the advertising for a DVD, there is good information.

Center for Immigration Studies
This is a web site with very current information about immigration news, laws, issues, etc.

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
From the American Memory Collection at the Library of Congress.

Cuban Immigration
This is an independent organization, not affiliated with the U.S. Government.

Cuban Immigration Timeline
A current timeline of Cuban Immigration issues.

Eastern European Jewish Immigration
This site is hosted by jbuff.com.

Encyclopedia of USA History
Immigration to the United States 1860-1960. Virtually every immigrant group is represented here. A very comprehensive site. This is information provided by Spartacus Schoolnet in the U.K.

European Immigration - American West-
Concentrates on Swedish immigration.

German Immigration
A wave of German immigrants embrace America.

Greek Immigration
A timeline of Greek Immigration to America from the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University.

Immigration - The Changing Face in America
Look for the buttons on the left side of this page for specific ethnic groups and their history of immigration in America.

Immigration to America
An Internet hotlist on Immigration. Many links for different immigrant groups.

Immigration History Timeline
A timeline of immigration history in the United States.

Immigration Station at Angel Island
Official site of Angel Island, now a National Historic Landmark.

Irish American Experience
A student site put together by students at UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

Irish Discrimination from Michigan State University
A page by the students of Michigan State University. This addresses discrimination against Irish Catholic immigrants.

Italian Immigration from Digital History
A web page called Digital History: "Using new technologies to enhance teaching and research."

Italian Immigration
Research provided by Needham High School, located in Needham, Ma.

Japanese Immigration History
The history of Japanese immigration written by The Brown Quarterly published by the Washburn University Law School.

Jewish Immigration Timeline
A timeline put together by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.

Landmarks in Immigration History from Ethnic America
A chronology of dates and events.

Mexican American History
A very comprehensive site about the History of the Mexican American people, published by Julian Samora Research Institute located on the Michigan State University campus. This site includes the history of Mexican American immigration.

Peopling North America: Population Movements & Migration
A historical overview of migratory movements in North America. This site covers many different ethnic groups and is put together by the University of Calgary in Canada.

Rapid Immigration
This web site contains a variety of information about immigration in the United States. It includes many topics relating to current immigration information.

Vietnamese Immigration History in America
A recent history since the end of the Vietnam war in 1975.

Vietnamese Immigration
Asian Nation / Asian American History Demographics and Issues brings you this site.

This page created and maintained by the BHMS Media Specialist
Last Updated 09-12-08.
Send comments to john.shortridge@bvsd.k12.co.us