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Interview which talks about an Italian Immigrant and their life.

This is an interview of Roland Damiani, an Italian Immigrant, talking about how Italy is no longer their home and how much America is their country

Immigrants landing at Ellis Island

"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."

"Couch Potatoes and Super-Women": Gender,
Migration, and the Emerging Discourse on
Housework among Asian Indian Immigrants
VIBHA BHALLA
IN APRIL 1991 a letter written by Ms. Subbi Mathur and titled "Couch
Potatoes and Super-Women" appeared in…

"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…

This is what the new immigration processing center looks like at Ellis Island. It shows the acceptance of the growing immigrant population. This building was not used for its intended purpose.

A photograph of the first ever Hindu temple in San Fransisco, CA.

Set forth by their parents. Yes, Indian parents are masters at Perpetuating guilt in their offspring: "We gave up our lives and left everything behind in India so you could have a better life" was an oft-repeated mantra This boot camp to prepare…