Middle School Links

Immigration Statistics from the Pew Research Center

http://www.pewresearch.org/topics/#letter-i

Homeland Security Statistics

Permanent residents:

https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2016/table2

Refugees:

https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2016/table14#

Aliens Apprehended:

https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2016/table34

Migration Policy Institute

Interactive graph http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrants-countries-birth-over-time?width=1000&height=850&iframe=true

Immigration Trends https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/us-immigration-trends#history

Immigration Timeline: Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/alt/timeline.html

Immigration Data from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/immigration_data/

Immigration Highlights from the United Nations

http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/publications/migrationreport/docs/MigrationReport2015_Highlights.pdf

PBS News for Students: current events in student friendly language

Channel One Student News: current events in student friendly language

Immigration Stories

United Nations I am a Migrant: https://iamamigrant.org/stories

Scholastic: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/

Ellis Island Oral Histories: https://www.nps.gov/elis/learn/education/classrooms/oral-histories.htm

University of Texas students and faculty: http://diversity.utexas.edu/2017/06/04/coming-to-america-students-and-faculty-share-their-american-immigration-stories/