Migration History Calendar

About the Project

Welcome to our 2023 Immigration History Calendar! Over the past six months, MiSC has worked on this project to highlight important historical immigration milestones that have shaped today’s complex immigration system in the United States and abroad. Though this calendar mostly focuses on U.S. immigration policy, it also mentions important events that have shaped migration across the world. We also tried to incorporate lesser-known policies and events in order to highlight their impact on the current landscape of migration we inherit today. 

Please feel free to use this calendar as an educational tool. If you are an educator or a student, there is a print option for the calendar and you may use it in your classrooms. If you have any questions or concerns about the calendar, please reach out to migrationscholarcollaborative@gmail.com

Images for this Month


Image Sources


Source: Library of Congress.

https://catalog.loc.gov/

MiSC Migration History Calendar 2023

MiSC Calendar (LATEST)

Acronyms in the MiSC Calendar

AG = Attorney General


CBP = Customs Border Protection


EOIR = Executive Office for Immigration Review 


DACA = Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals


DHS = Department of Homeland Security


HRW = Human Rights Watch 


ICE = Immigration and Customs Enforcement


UN = United Nations


USC = United States Congress


USCIS = United States Citizenship and Immigration Services


USSC = United States Supreme Court


TPS = Temporary Protected Status