A merit-based future beats our 19th-century immigration system by Red Jahncke, opinion contributor - 02/15/18 12:15 PM ET. by Red Jahncke, opinion contributor - 02/15/18 12:15 PM ET.

19th and 20th Century Immigration lesson plan. Before Columbus was a city, some of the area’s earliest migrants came to the Refugee Tract. This land was aside in 1801 by Congress to provide land ...

To the editor — A recent writer waxed nostalgic about his ancestors coming to America at the end of the 19th century and becoming successful farmers ("Immigrants pulled themselves up ...

As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th birthday, it looks at how immigration propelled Iowa's 19th-century growth, could do so again, expert says.

19th Century Immigration. By Else Churchill Last updated 2011-06-07. The 19th century saw waves of European migrants entering the United Kingdom. Find out how to trace their origins.

As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th birthday, it looks at how immigration propelled Iowa's 19th-century growth, could do so again, expert says.

In the mid-19th century, the target was the Irish. Even if an immigrant had a sufficient amount of money at the time of arrival, immigration officers excluded some people on the ground that there ...

Professor Krystyn Moon talked about anti-immigration laws in the 19th century, focusing on Chinese immigrants. She described how an influx of Chinese immigrants on the West Coast during the 1800s ...

Historian Hidetaka Hirota talked about his book on Irish immigration, [Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy]. This ...

As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th birthday, it looks at how immigration propelled Iowa's 19th-century growth, could do so again, expert says.