The United States has long been a nation shaped by immigration—built by generations of people who arrived seeking freedom, opportunity, and the promise of a better future. From the early European ...

“GIVE ME YOUR tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”, declares “The New Colossus”, Emma Lazarus’s sonnet on a bronze plaque at the entrance to the Statue of Liberty. A gift ...

Race has played an important role in U.S. citizenship and immigration law since the earliest days of the nation’s history. By ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come. By Lydia ...

Bystanders watch as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain people at a residence in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) About this research This ...

Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos. By Jill Cowan Jill Cowan grew up in the ...