www.ellisislandrecords.org
Search for your ancestors if they came through Ellis Island. http://www.angelisland.org/immigr02.html
The Ellis Island of the West Coast. http://www.bcis.gov/graphics/
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Department replaced the INS. Very readable and searchable for historical information on immigration. Lists congressional hearings on immigration issues.
www.fairus.org
A site that shows statistical information on immigration. Can view by state and city and region. Shows overall immigrant numbers, and nation wide how many immigrants have come from what countries, but it does not show city data by country. http://www.ins.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/teacher/Resources.htm#immiglaws
Listing of resources on the Immigration and Naturalization's website for teachers.
http://www.miracoalition.org
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) is the only organization in Massachusetts that brings together groups serving immigrants and refugees from many parts of the world, of various nationalities, races, and ethnicities. MIRA is a dynamic, multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition that actively involves hundreds of grassroots immigrant organizations, human services agencies, legal service providers, religious groups, and human rights groups in cooperative efforts to improve the lives of immigrants and refugees.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/immigration/index.htm
A wonderful treasure trove of information on immigration, broken down into sub-topics.
http://www.ins.gov/graphics/exec/prnfriendly.asp
Information on the immigration into the USA in 1996. Printable charts. http://www.npr.org/news/specials/immigration/immigration.html
NPR did a series called Strangers at the Gate. This is the website for the 6 pieces that they did including an immigration timeline and links.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/immigration.html
US Census Bureau's page on immigration. The Census Bureau's pages on immigration include immigration estimates and projections, and current population survey data.
http://www.cis.org/
Center for Immigration Studies. Think tank for all aspects of immigration. Website has lots of studies.
http://www.immigrationforum.org/
The purpose of the National Immigration Forum is to embrace and uphold America's tradition as a nation of immigrants. The Forum advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers in our country. http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/index.htm#top
University of Minnesota's Immigration History Research Center. Founded in 1965, the Immigration History Research Center is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. The IHRC collects, preserves, and makes available archival and published resources documenting immigration and ethnicity on a national scope. These materials are particularly rich for ethnic groups that originated in eastern, central, and southern Europe and the Near East -- those who came to this country during the great wave of migration that gained momentum in the 1880s and peaked in the first decades of the 20th century. The IHRC also sponsors academic and public programs and publishes bibliographic and scholarly works. http://www.immigrationindex.org/
The Immigration Index focuses on all matters relating to immigration and has hundreds of resources relating to: asylum and refugees, conflict, country data, deportation, detention, discrimination, funding, gender, government, human rights, human trafficking, legal, media, migration and studies, with new catagories and links being added on a regular basis.
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/uscir/
The bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform was authorized by Section 141 of the Immigration Act of 1990. The Commission expired on December 31, 1997. The mandate of the Commission was to review and evaluate the implementation and impact of U.S. immigration policy and to transmit to the Congress reports of its findings and recommendations.
www.nilc.org
The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is a national support center whose mission is to protect and promote the rights of low income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff specialize in immigration law, and the employment and public benefits rights of immigrants. The Center conducts policy analysis and impact litigation and provides publications, technical advice, and trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys. http://migration.ucdavis.edu/rmn/
Rural Migration News summarizes the most important immigration and integration developments affecting residents of cities and towns in the agricultural areas of California and rural areas throughout the United States. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2002/cb02-18.html
US Census Bureau press release and related links. "1-in-5 US Residents Either Foreign Born or First Generation." A variety of statistics can be found on this site based upon te 2000 Census. http://gseweb.harvard.edu/%7Ehip/
Harvard Immigration Project. A long list of academic resources on immigration. www.irsa-uscr.org
Immigrant and Refugee Service Association. Our mission is clear. IRSA acts to defend human rights, build communities, foster education, promote self-sufficiency, and forge partnerships through an array of programs. www.immigrationforum.org
The purpose of the National Immigration Forum is to embrace and uphold America's tradition as a nation of immigrants. The Forum advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and that are fair and supportive to newcomers in our country. http://www.newschool.edu/icmec/
The International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship (ICMEC), based at the New School University, engages in scholarly research and public policy analysis bearing on international migration, refugees, and the incorporation of newcomers. http://www.iom.int/
International Organization for Migration. http://www.state.ma.us/ori/
The Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants is an agency established in 1985 to assist refugees in adjusting to life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Office supports programs for refugees and immigrants, acts as their public advocate, coordinates state and federal services on refugees' behalf, and works to make mainstream programs linguistically and culturally accessible to refugees and immigrants. http://www.nnirr.org/
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is a national organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists. It serves as a forum to share information and analysis, to educate communities and the general public, and to develop and coordinate plans of action on important immigrant and refugee issues. Chinese Immigration
http://yerkes.mit.edu/mbta/chinatown/chsne.html
The Chinese Historical Society of New England (CHSNE) is a nonprofit entity incorporated in Massachusetts in 1992. It is the first educational organization dedicated solely to documenting, preserving, and promoting the history and legacy of Chinese immigration in New England. http://www.ins.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/chinese.htm
Immigration and Naturalization Services information about Chinese immigration into the USA. Has a wide variety of information. http://www.angelisland.org/immigr02.html
The Ellis Island of the west coast where most Chinese Americans were processed. www.sandiego-online.com/forums/chinese/htmls/angel.htm
Photos and stories of Angel Island, the west coast version of Ellis Island. Images and stories of the Chinese who came through Angel Island, many of whom were kept there for indefinite periods of time. http://www.kearnystreet.org/AngelIsland/
Exhibit of rice sack flag art by Flo Oy Wong. This exhibit looks at the meanings behind flags created by Chinese immigrants detained at Angel Island. http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience. This site explores the struggle and triumph, progress and setbacks, discrimination and assimilation" associated with the immigration of Chineseto the United States. http://www.naatanet.org/separatelivesbrokendreams/
Separate Lives, Broken Dreams. The Chinese exclusion act barred all Chinese from U.S. citizenship by naturalization until 1943. This site offers information of all kinds about this Act and its discrimination. | 
