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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Americans Think Illegal Immigrants Should Stay and Leave

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the complicated feelings that Americans have regarding the social issue of illegal immigration.
Article
USA Today

Usa Today: Towns Take Aim at Illegal Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines the battle over illegal immigration.
Article
USA Today

Usa Today: States Try to Block Illegal Workers

For Students 9th - 10th
Article covers the continued controversy surrounding illegal immigration. The debate has moved to the states as over 30 states have now enacted laws to crack down on illegal immigration. July, 2006.
Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Arizona Passes New Immigration Law

For Students 9th - 10th
A great deal of controversy surrounds Arizona's new immigration law that makes it mandatory for suspected illegal immigrants to carry proper documentation of their status, or they could be detained by the police. This article is...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: What's the Best Way to Deal With Immigration?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In light of the Arizona bill that was passed concerning illegal immigrants and immigration issues in general, PBS provides a lesson plan to open up discussion. Young scholars can share their opinions; but in the end, they will develop...
Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Immigration in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by National Public Radio. There has been some time since the 9/11 tragedy when Americans were upset with immigration laws. Where is America now? How do Americans look at immigrants and the diversity they bring...
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Other

Center for Immigration Studies

For Students 9th - 10th
A think tank research group that is "Pro-immigrant, low-immigration." Center for Immigration Studies offers current news articles and common topics in immigration.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Nation Sees Effects of 'Day Without Immigrants'

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the nationwide boycott by immigrants that took place across the nation on May 1, 2006 and its effect if any on our economy.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The New Americans (Lessons on the Immigrant Experience)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find eleven lesson plans developed in conjunction with the PBS documentary "The New Americans," which explores what it means to be a new Americans in the twenty-first century. Lessons touch on topics associated with recently arrived...
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Theundocumented.com: The Map of the Undocumented

For Students 9th - 10th
In an effort to honor every life that has been lost on our borders, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos records the number of bodies that are recovered in the Sonoran Desert. View the map to read the names of those that died since 2000. Click...
Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Julie Weise, "2016: The Year Nativism Conquered the South"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on South's change of heart toward undocumented immigrants from Mexico especially regarding their votes during the 1916 Presidential election of the anti-immigration Trump.
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Other

Ar Net: Hispanic Americans, an Under Represented Group

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent description of the problems facing the involvement of Hispanic-Americans in American politics. The essay covers 1948 to 1996, with a good discussion of the civil rights era.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Nicaraguan Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Nicaraguan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

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