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Immigration History Research Center

Transforming our understanding of immigration in the past and present.

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Immigrant Stories

Immigration Syllabus

Immigrants in COVID America

Immigrant Story: Liang Xiong

Immigrant Story: Thiago Heilman

Immigrant Story: Renita Sebastin

Immigrant Story: Magnolia Yang Sao Yia

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Xenophobia’s historical roots run deep in our nation of immigrants

History Professor Erika Lee speaks about the Immigration History Research Center with the LA Times.

Video project shows how America's story is also the immigrant story.

The L.A. Times Studios featured the IHRC's Immigrant Stories project over July 4th weekend in this video that was narrated by Erika Lee.

The Overlooked History of Angel Island

Erika Lee, director of the Immigration History Research Center and a professor of history in CLA on the Twin Cities campus, is quoted.

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Message from the IHRC on Anti-Asian Hate and Violence

The IHRC condemns racism, white supremacy, misogyny, and xenophobia in all of its forms and stands in unity with all individuals and communities who are targets of racial…

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Immigrants in COVID America project: A New Story from the Pandemic

Advocating for patients, addressing vaccine disinformation: Meet the Somali American nurse who has become an ‘unsung hero’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Produced in partnership…

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October 05, 2021

The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants

Professor Adam Goodman joins Professor Jimmy Patiño and IHRC Director Erika Lee to discuss his award-winning book. The Deportation Machine traces the US government’s…