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"Photograph shows Japanese American young children carrying American flags in program to promote their assimilation into American society during forced removal to the temporary concentration camp during World War II."

English: U.S. inspectors examining eyes of immigrants, Ellis Island, New York Harbor

Coast Guardsmen at the Ellis Island Training Station.

"In 1900 the Office of the Superintendent of Immigration, which had been established in the Department of the Treasury in 1891, became the chief agency responsible for implementing Federal regulations mandated by the Chinese exclusion laws. Both the…

"Immigrants from India first arrived in the United States in small numbers during the early 19th century, primarily as low-skilled farm laborers. In recent decades the population has grown substantially, with 2.4 million Indian immigrants resident in…

People getting discharged from Ellis Island

Immigrants landing at Ellis Island

This cartoon was published in the New Orleans Newspaper depicting what seems to be Americans doing things to Italian Immigrants such as putting them in cages, arresting them, and calling them nuance.

First page of the US Chinese Exclusion Act

India - caste system