Urbana High School Library Immigrants to the US

Web Sites Immigrant Stories Interviews with Today's Immigrants An extensive collection of interviews with immigrants to the US from around the world. Interviews were conducted by teens. From the Library of Congress' American Memory site. Meet the New Americans Stories from three families and four individuals who come to the US from five different places around the globe as featured on PBS' The New Americans. Personal Stories Updates on the lives of immigrants featured in the PBS special Destination America. An online video accompanies each story. Meet the Cabbies Very short vignettes of five immigrant cab drivers in NYC from PBS' Taxi Dreams. Two Asian American Stories from the PBS special, Ancestors in the Americas. Mai's America A teen student from Hanoi, Vietnam lands in rural Mississippi.   Other resources Immigration from the Library of Congress' American Memory site. Take advantage of the "clickable" left sidebar with its various immigrant groups . Immigration Statistics Data on immigrants in the US from 2006. Go Global--Explore the world (from the UHS Library Homepage)

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