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- “A Nation of Immigrants from the Outset: The Signers Born Abroad," by James G. Basker (Barnard College) and Sofia Melnychuck (History Now 64: “New Light on the Declaration and Its Signers” (Fall 2022))
- “Immigration Policy, Mexican Americans, and Undocumented Immigrants, 1954 to the Present,” by Eladio Bobadilla (History Now 52: The History of US Immigration Laws (Fall 2018))
- “Coming to America: Ellis Island and New York City” by Vincent J. Cannato (History Now 11: American Cities (Spring 2007))
- “‘The New Colossus’: Emma Lazarus and the Immigrant Experience” by Julie Des Jardins (History Now 39: American Poets, American History (Spring 2014))
- “From Citizen to Enemy: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment” by Julie Des Jardins (History Now 14: World War II (Winter 2007))
- “Immigration and Migration” by Hasia Diner
- “Early America’s Jewish Settlers” by Eli Faber (History Now 29: Religion in the Colonial World (Fall 2011))
- “James Wilson: Scottish Immigrant, Pennsylvania Statesman, Signer of the Declaration, and Framer of the Constitution,” by Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford University) (History Now 64: “New Light on the Declaration and Its Signers” (Fall 2022))
- “The 1965 Immigration Act: Opening the Nation to Immigrants of Color” by Tom Gjelten (History Now 52: The History of US Immigration Laws (Fall 2018))
- “Immigrants and the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798” by Terri Diane Halperin (History Now 52: The History of US Immigration Laws (Fall 2018))
- “The History of US Immigration Laws: What Students Should Know” by Jane Hong (History Now 52: The History of US Immigration Laws (Fall 2018))
- “Why Immigration Matters” by Thomas Kessner (History Now 3: Immigration (Spring 2005))
- “Immigrant Fiction: Exploring an American Identity” by Phillip Lopate (History Now 3: Immigration (Spring 2005))
- “‘In the Name of America’s Future’: The Fraught Passage of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act” by Maddalena Marinari (History Now 52: The History of US Immigration Laws (Spring 2005))
- “Hispanics in the United States: Origins and Destinies” by Rubén G. Rumbaut (History Now 52: The Hispanic Legacy in American History (Winter 2019))
- “The Dillingham Commission and the ‘Immigration Question,’ 1907−1921” by Robert Zeidel (History Now 52: The History of US Immigration Laws (Fall 2018))