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An immigrant ID card from the 1920s and 30s for Rosaura Piñera, who later became a US citizen at age 100.

Immigration Rewind

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Xenophobia ‘takes its toll’ as Trump works to curb immigration

Immigration

Professor Erika Lee speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about how the US has responded with changes to immigration policy and increased xenophobia during times of war, economic hardship and disease throughout history.

A mural of the Beatles

How the Beatles created a sense of ‘place’ for this Argentinian American

Music
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I’m an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently.

Immigration Rewind
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Cuccinelli’s ‘bootstraps’ line reflects historical amnesia of ‘public charge’

Immigration
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Azoreans long for family abroad with this double-hearted instrument

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(Left to right) Gwen Muranaka, Mikey Hirano Culross and Mario Reyes, in the newsroom of the last remaining Japanese American daily newspaper, the Rafu Shimpo in downtown Los Angeles, 2010.

A Japanese American newspaper chronicles the ‘searing’ history of immigrant incarceration

Immigration

As Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II die, one newspaper finds its community’s history carries new resonance in the current era of immigrant detention.

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For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks. They don’t.

Immigration

The myth of the “diseased migrant” has fueled xenophobic immigration policies for centuries.

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60 years before BTS, the Kim Sisters were America’s original K-pop stars

Immigration Rewind

Sixty years before today’s “K-pop invasion,” the Kim Sisters, a Korean girl group, landed on US shores and rocketed to stardom — singing American hits before they even learned English.

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Nixon and Reagan tried closing the border to pressure Mexico — here’s what happened

Immigration

Twice in the last half-century the US has tried to use the border to force Mexico to bend to America’s will. The ruse failed both times. The history suggests that threats of border closure may be politically useful, but are never a real answer to human tragedy.

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Immigrant detention centers are a grim reminder of Japanese American history

Immigration

Survivors of WWII Japanese incarceration camps are on the other side of the barbed wire now, but some say they want the world to know that they will not sit idly by and watch injustice happen again.

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