The United States has long been a country of immigrants, shaped by generations seeking freedom, opportunity, and a better ...

Late in the 19th century, immigration surged, as did alarm about it, especially in society’s upper crust, particularly its Boston portion, which thought that the wrong sort of people were coming.

When the great period of immigration began in the 19th century, population growth in both Europe and Asia outstripped the available farmland, displacing millions and sending many to America ...

The Nineteenth century club continued its series of evening talks concerning affairs of the day last night, choosing "Free Immigration" as the text of its discussion. View Full Article in ...

Immigration tends to happen in waves ... arrive Irish immigrants swept into the city in the middle of the 19th century amid a horrific potato blight, which decimated the crop that fed the country ...

Although mid-19th century American immigration law was a veritable Wild West compared with today, it isn’t smart to gamble that at least five justices will distinguish between 19th century Gypsy ...

Many mid-19th century French immigrants were political ... to Chicago throughout the 20th century in small numbers. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which eased previous restrictions ...

Welsh people had been a significant part of the religious Quaker migration to the USA, but by the later 19th century areas such as Pennsylvania and Ohio saw a high economic demand for Welsh ...

His research at Columbia focused on the 19th century immigration of Muslims from the Caucasus and the Crimea regions, and their role in transforming late Ottoman Anatolia.