Received from a Goodreads giveaway.
I learned a lot about past immigration laws and am now interested in learning more. Very interesting book. ( )

Received from a Goodreads giveaway.
I learned a lot about past immigration laws and am now interested in learning more. Very interesting book. ( )

Explore United States immigration policy throughout history as you read about what immigrants have had to endure to enter and remain in the country

Recommended Ages: Gr. 6-12

Plot Summary: After a fantastic introduction, each chapter focuses on one story and situation following the words in the title.
Excluded - Chinese immigrants, late 1800s
Deported - Russian immigrants who were leading union groups, WWI era
Denied - Germans immigrants, WWII - had paperwork to enter the US in a year but were refused to get in early after Cuba didn't let them board
Detained - Japanese citizens and illegal aliens, WWII, internment camps
Exploited - Mexican immigrants, from the mid 1800s to today

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Recurring Themes: safety, land of opportunity, difficulties, oppression, refugee, immigration, hindsight, anarchists, unions, fighting for rights

Controversial Issues: don't remember

Personal Thoughts: I loved the illustrations and how they were photographs from the time period, but they filled up the whole page and were captioned very nicely. I loved the poems to start the book and the difference in opinion about the ideals represented by the Statue of Liberty from the late 1800s to 2008. But from there, I thought the storytelling was lacking. It was hard to get wrapped up into the one single story chosen to represent the word (Denied, Detained, Deported) and it was also missing the storytelling a tiny bit in the non-fiction history of each story. It was depressing yet very important and it is a great way to get students thinking about these topics.

Genre: non-fiction, history

Pacing: somewhat slow, the chapters lacked storytelling in my opinion
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This book offers a different perspective to the immigration experiences we've heard in the past. It examines the stories of immigration discrimination and shows a balance to our traditional view of U.S. Immigration history. The stories in this book are true stories of people who were victims of this discrimination. It is well written and includes historic pictures. ( )