Immigration

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Use LexisNexis Academic to find the latest Immigration news.

LexisNexis contains a variety of full-text news sources. Insert the index term "immigration" to narrow your search results. For information on how to use the index, visit the user guide Power Search: Use the Index.

Also see Immigration Laws

LexisNexis UPA Collections

Investigations made by Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agents are one source for studying immigration to the United States. Archival materials available in microfilm from LexisNexis allow researchers to study the large influx of immigrants to the United States in the early twentieth century. The links below lead to the user guides for to the microfilm editions of the INS Subject Correspondence Files. These files are the central correspondence files of the Bureau of Immigration, the predecessor of the INS.

Cover of A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 1: Asian Immigration and Exclusion, 1906-1913

• A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 1: Asian Immigration and Exclusion, 1906-1913
  
• A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 1: Asian Immigration and Exclusion, 1906-1913, Supplement
  
• A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 2: Mexican Immigration, 1906-1930
  
• A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 3: Ellis Island, 1900-1933, Printed Guide
  
• A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 4: European Investigations, 1898-1936
  
• A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Series A: Subject Correspondence Files, Part 5: Prostitution and 'White Slavery,' 1902-1933
  

Research This Topic in LexisNexis Congressional

LexisNexis Congressional provides fast and easy access to information produced by the U.S. Congress on a variety of topics. Here are some examples of search terms to use to find immigration-related documents.

• Aliens

• Citizenship

• Deportation

• Foreign relations

• Immigration

• Migration

• Passports and visas

• Refugees

• Repatriation