This guide provides a starting point for researching immigration law at the University of Minnesota Law Library. The University’s Immigration History Research Center collects information on American immigration and ethnic history and may be helpful for some researchers.
An illustration of immigrants on the steerage deck of an ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, July 2, 1887. From the National Park Service.
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