The history of immigration to the United States details the movement of people to the United States from the colonial era to the present day. Throughout...

Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers,...

States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United States Code. History of immigration to the United States History of...

Asian immigration to the United States refers to immigration to the United States from part of the continent of Asia, which includes East Asia, South...

During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level. Under a...

individual states, regulated immigration into the United States, and the Immigration Act of 1891 established a Commissioner of Immigration in the Treasury...

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization...

can violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully or lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration of their visas, parole...

The 1850 United States census was the first federal U.S. census to query respondents about their "nativity"—i.e, where they were born, whether in the...

The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United...