Immigration

Think about the focus of your paper. Will you write about the history of immigration, the immigration debate, borders, or legal restrictions? You can use these terms as keywords in your search for resources.

Books at the Park Forest Public Library

American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah by Jamillah Ashira Karim (305.697 KAR)
Children of Immigrant Families (305.23 CHI)
Gangs (Y 364.1066 GAN)
Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation, and Youth Violence Are Changing America's Suburbs by Sarah Garland (364.106 GAR)
Homeland Security (363.32 HOM)
Illegal Immigration (325.73 ILL)
An Immigrant Class: Oral Histories from Chicago's Newest Immigrants by Jeff Libman (325.77311 LIB)
Immigration (304.8 IMM)
Immigration (304.873 IMM)
Immigration: Opposing Viewpoints (325.73 IMM)
Immigration and Illegal Aliens, Burden or Blessing (325.73 IMM)
Immigration in the United States (304.873 IMM)
National Security: Opposing Viewpoints (355.033 NAT)
New Americans: An Oral History: Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S. Today by Al Santoli (325.73 SAN)
There's No José Here: Following the Hidden Lives of Mexican Immigrants by Gabriel Thompson (305.906 THO)
U.S.A. Immigration Guide by Ramon Carrion (342.73082 CAR)

Databases

Database Suggestions: MasterFILE, Newspaper Source Plus, History Reference Center, Student Research Center, Points of View, History Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints

Keyword Suggestions: Immigration, Border Security, Illegal Aliens, Immigration Laws, Immigration Reform

Limit by: Full Text, Peer-Reviewed

Narrow Results by Subject: Debates & Debating, Emigration & Immigration, Illegal Aliens

Internet

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
See how the government manages immigration and citizenship.

U.S. Census Bureau: United States Foreign-Born Population
Access statistics on the foreign-born population in the United States.

Library of Congress: Immigration Challenges for New Americans
Access primary source materials, including images, relating to immigration in the United States.

The White House: Immigration
Check out the White House's stance on immigration.

Immigration Policy Center: New Americans in the Prairie State
This site provides statistics on immigration in Illinois.

Migration Policy Institute
This non-profit group conducts studies on migration.