Citizenship and Equal Justice
This video clip focuses on the effect of immigration on the American economy. Legal immigrants pay more taxes and run businesses that provide more jobs, helping the economy. However, illegal immigrants are often employed in low paying jobs. Although immigration will continue to be debated, our diverse culture helps create a rich economy.

Urban America - Immigration
Take a look at the largest migration in human history during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as immigrants flooded the U.S., many landing on Ellis Island. This wave of immigration created a Nativist movement in America, which is also discussed in this video.

Urbanization
Glimpse into the life of the immigrants who came to America in the late 1800s in this video clip. Immigrants often lived in cramped, inexpensive housing called tenements. Jacob Riis, a journalist and photographer, captured images of these poor conditions in his book, How the Other Half Lives, which lead to reform.

Opening the West - The Mining Booms
This video discusses the opening of the West and the transcontinental railroad, including the role of Chinese immigrants in its success. Reenactments of the time put the viewer in that era and place, sometimes with Nativist attitudes against the Chinese, but ultimately showing their important contribution to westward expansion.

The American People - The Diversity of Americans
Proud, present-day immigrants apply for and receive their citizenship in this video, creating an especially meaningful Fourth of July celebration as new Americans get a new beginning.