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Madeleine Albright on immigrating to the United States
Madeleine Albright was a champion of democracy who served as the U.S. ambassador...
Learn about former U.S. immigration center Ellis Island and diversity of immigrants processed there
Ellis Island and a photo montage of immigrants to the United States.
See pictures of immigrants entering the United States of America via New York and Boston
In the late 19th and early 20th century, many immigrants came to America by way of...
Discover how European American settlers drove Native Americans and bison from the Midwest and transformed the land
Learn how European American settlers drove Native Americans and bison from the Midwest...
Meet diverse immigrants in the Pacific Region and follow an immigrant Vietnamese family in California
People come from all over the United States and all over the world to live in the...
Images
United States: immigration
A trainload of refugees destined for the United States departs from Germany after...
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immigrant family, New York, 1889
Immigrant family in New York, 1889.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Cobh, Ireland: emigrants
Irish emigrants departing from Queenstown (Cobh) harbour for the United States; illustration...
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