Barnabas Sackett is on the run to the West with a few fighting friends and his courageous wife Abigail, where they face unyielding terrain, forbiding elements, and fierce Native Americans.

"This title explores the controversy surrounding the federal agency tasked with enforcing United States immigration laws. It details the history of this agency and the ways policy changes have affected both people immigrating to the United States and immigration enforcement officers"--Provided by publisher.

"The artifacts of Ellis Island tell the story of millions of immigrants who passed thorugh its halls on their journey to a new life in the United States. Imagine discovering a time capsule filled with items including a worn cap, yellowed letters, and old dinnerware. Explore these items and more to learn about the experience of journeying through Ellis Island in the early 1900s"--Provided by publisher.

In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, from the arrival of the first Asians in the Americas to the present-day.An epic history of global journeys and new beginnings, this book shows how generations of Asian immigrants and their American-born...

"Places Central American migration to the United States in the context of the region's history of conquest, colonialism, revolution, and neoliberalism, looking especially at the revolutionary experiments of the 1980s and their aftermath"--

Relates the story of immigration to America through the voices and stories of those who passed through Ellis Island, from its opening in 1892 to the release of the last detainee in 1954.

Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Central American immigrants.