Author: John S. W. Park

Since the late nineteenth century, federal and state rules governing immigration and naturalization have placed persons of Asian ancestry outside the boundaries of formal membership. A review of lead …

The Immigration Act of 1965 was one of the most consequential laws ever passed in the United States and immigration policy continues to be one of the most contentious areas of American politics. As a …

Throughout American history, citizens have encountered people who are "illegal"– that is, people who have no legal right to be in the United States or to freedom of movement because of the …