Further Reading

These resources are referenced in "Extraordinary Aliens"

When our client won a Grammy Award, USCIS ignored it, and we had to fight it in federal court:

The Alien and Sedition Acts:

Discussion on the term "Alien":

President Washington Signs a Whites-Only Citizenship law:

Kristina Shull's book "Detention Empire":

The Pew Research Center's History of U.S. Immigration:

The American Immigration Council's History of U.S. immigration:

LBJ Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965:

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"The New Colossus," (the poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty) by Emma Lazarus:

LBJ Signs the INA in 1965:

The Current Version of the INA:

President George H.W. Bush Signs the Immigration Reform Act of 1990, with Rep. Bruce Morrison looking over his shoulder:

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