The US has historically passed laws denying entry or citizenship to people of specific ethnicities or nationalities.

Legal immigration advocates on Thursday slammed U.S. Vice President JD Vance's call for a reduction in legal immigration Wednesday night while speaking at an event hosted by Turning Point USA. Vance ...

When Salvatore Pugliese disembarked the S.S. America at Ellis Island after two weeks at sea, an immigration officer grilled the 17-year-old tailor. Was he a polygamist? An anarchist? Did he advocate ...

The Inspection Room at Ellis Island in New York circa 1910. The Inspection Room at Ellis Island in New York circa 1910. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group—Getty Images In February, ...

Anti-immigration sentiments have a long history of being tied to times of hardship: diseases, economic downturns and war. U.S. immigration history professor Erika Lee speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang. In ...

According to Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s, by Francisco E. Balderrama and Raymond Rodriguez, one of those leading the deportation charge was William N. Doak, the Secretary of ...

The proportion of immigrants in the United States is at its highest level in over a century, but that's not the case in Ohio. Around 15% of the national population is comprised of immigrants, compared ...

Nasaw is the Arthur Schlesinger Professor of History Emeritus at the CUNY Graduate Center. His new book is The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War (Penguin Press).

Despite the progress made, Black immigrants are disproportionately targeted by police and immigration enforcement, and face unique challenges compared to other groups. Even though Black immigrants ...

The “Lost Shul Mural” at the Ohavi Zedek synagogue in Burlington Credit: Courtesy of the Lost Mural Project The Vermont Historical Society and the Lost Mural Project are teaming up to offer funding ...