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Immigration and the History of “White People Only” Laws

September 7, 2017

Since the passage of the 1790 Naturalization Act that stipulated ā€œall white male inhabitantsā€ could qualify for U.S. citizenship, the category of whiteness has been used in various ways, through laws and cultural norms, to shape U.S. immigration policy.Many of… View Article


These Two Award-Winning Psychologists Were Both U.S. Immigrants

August 17, 2017

The American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology is one of the most prestigious prizes in the field of psychology.Ā The inaugural APA prize went toĀ Otto Klineberg, a Canadian-born psychologist who had provided key expert… View Article


Immigration, Then and Now

August 15, 2017

It’s not all that common for a White House press briefing to turn into a national debate over the meaning of a 134-year-old sonnet. Yet so it is these days with ā€œThe New Colossus,ā€ the immigrant-welcoming poem that’s engraved at… View Article



Immigration and Competition

August 11, 2017

Critics of immigration often claim that an influx of immigrants will take jobs away from native-born workers and depress salaries for everyone. Most economists agree that this is not the case. Immigrants often create jobs by starting their own businesses…. View Article


Immigrants and Calculus

August 11, 2017

The mathematical system of calculus was famously developed independently in the 17th century by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Although Newton was born and worked in England, Liebniz spent much of his life as an immigrant in the fractured… View Article


The Visa Bulletin: What’s New for September 2017?

August 10, 2017

The U.S. Department of State recently released its Visa Bulletin for September 2017. That’s a big deal if you’re waiting for your priority date to be current so that your green card application can move forward.If you don’t know what… View Article


Immigration under President Ford

August 10, 2017

In 1975 President Gerald Ford signed theĀ Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, a significant piece of immigration legislation that aided immigrants from regions affected by the Vietnam War in the aftermath of the April 30, 1975 Fall of Saigon and… View Article



Immigration Under President Clinton

August 7, 2017

The first major immigration issue faced by President Bill Clinton dealt with Haitian refugees who were being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. After campaigning against the policy of repatriation, Clinton reversed course… View Article