Publisher's Note. Editor's Introduction. Contributors. In Their Own Words: Immigrant Descriptions
A Description of New-Netherland
A Chinese Letter to Governor John Bigler
Kleindeutschland in the 1850s
Letter from an Irish Immigrant
A Polish American Protest of Immigration Restriction
Bartolomeo Vanzetti's Final Courtroom Statement
An Address by César Chávez
Platform of the American Party
Dillingham Commission Report
Speech on Mexican Immigration
Naturalization Act of 1790
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Executive and Judicial Actions
Woodrow Wilson's Third Annual Message to Congress
Presidential Veto of the McCarran-Walter Bill
Arizona v. the United States
State of Texas v. United States
Chronology. Web Resources. Bibliography.