Immigrants & Immigration

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
The text of the Chinese Exclusion Act which was passed by the United States Congress in 1882.

Ellis Island Gateway – History Channel
Learn about different areas of the Ellis Island immigration station like the great hall, the baggage room, the cafeteria, the kissing post, and the examination rooms as well as what immigrants had to do to gain entrance into the U.S. Also includes a floor map of Ellis Island. From the History Channel.

Immigrant Experience
Click on "The Peopling of America" to find a timeline of immigration. Each period provides an overview, statistics, and a graph showing the numbers of people immigrating to the U.S. From The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

Immigrant Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union provides current news and information about detention, workplace rights, asylum and much more.

Immigration, Ellis Island
Consists of 24 photographs relating to Ellis Island. From the University of California, Riverside/California Museum of Photography.

Immigration Station - Angel Island
Provides information on Angel Island, the West Coast immigration station where immigrants (primarily Asian) were processed before being allowed into the U.S. From the Angel Island Association.

Tenement Museum
Click on "Urban Log Cabin" to find information on immigrants living in a New York tenement house in 1870 and 1915. Click on "History" for a general background of the tenement house including when it was built and issues of overcrowding and sanitation. Developed by the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.

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Last Updated: September 11, 2008