EXTENSION ACTIVITY: Students can compare and contrast the Chinese worker experience building the transcontinental railroad with another immigrant group experience. Students could do more research into ...

President Donald Trump is fighting to end automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, part of his broader crackdown on undocumented ...

Supporting immigrants in this country is about American greatness because American greatness has always depended on immigration.

Representatives from LCSC and the historical society met Wednesday afternoon to sign an agreement and formalize the transfer of a shrine built in 1890 by Chinese immigrants who came to this region ...

The previous record high for foreign-born residents was 1890, when the percent of foreign-born in the United States hit 14.8%. "We're in a place we've never been before," said Steven Camarota ...

We learn how San Francisco Chinatown residents built their own hospital, and meet a healthcare provider that continues to care for its surrounding neighbors a century after its development.

Montana Man Recovers Lost Stories Of Chinese Who Helped Build The American West Chinese immigrants flocked to the American West in the 1800s to help build railroads and amid a mining boom. Many of ...

Emma J. Teng describes the social and legal dynamics for mixed Chinese and American couples in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Whether it’s aunties playing mahjong in Columbus Park or young creatives shooting TikToks outside trendy dessert shops, ...

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that led to the Act and examine what happened to the economy after it passed.

Also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, it established a quota system of 2 percent of the foreign born residents of the United States as of the 1890 census. It also excluded any immigrants who would not ...