History of Immigration in the United States
Training overview
This talk explores how U.S. immigration laws use ideas about race, gender, and sexuality to decide who can become American. It also examines how U.S. military, economic, and political actions abroad create the global conditions that drive people to move to the United States.
Key takeaways
Explore how ideas about race gender and sexuality have historically influenced who is welcomed excluded and recognized as “American.”
Examine how U.S. military economic and political actions abroad contribute to the conditions that influence migration and displacement.
Gain historical and social context to better understand immigration as a complex process shaped by policy power identity and global interdependence.
