Immigration is a social justice issue because it involves questions of fairness, equity, and human rights. People migrate for a variety of reasons. Immigration policies and practices can have a significant impact on the lives of immigrants and their families, as well as on the broader society.

Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.

Standing up to say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in grade school is normal to Americans. We’ve repeated it so many times, the pledge has become a force of habit and we don’t give much thought. But, if we take a moment to think about it, the pledge represents an alarming tradition of nationalism...

“All immigrants to the United States know (and knew) that if they want to become real, authentic Americans they must reduce their fealty to their native country and regard it as secondary, subordinate, in order to emphasize their whiteness.” ~Toni Morrison

Women’s History Month is an opportunity to think about the long history of immigrant women in the United States. Immigrant women have made important Women’s History Month is an opportunity to think about the long history of immigrant women in the United States.

33 million Americans claim Irish heritage and yet we have not learned from 19th century nativist hysteria…

June 30th marked the end of the national fiscal year, and the ships carrying immigrants from small European countries had timed their entire journey so that they could slip past Ellis Island just as the clock struck midnight and the new fiscal year began. Under the newly implemented quota system, immigrants from countries that did not already have large populations in the United States, like Latvia, Armenia, or Greece, raced against the clock and each other.