UNIT 11. IMMIGRATION The United States has a complicated immigration history. Immigration is affected both by push factors (including war, famine, economic opportunity, religious freedom) and by pull factors (U.S. labor policies and needs, foreign and military policy, economic self-interest). America’s and Americans’ responses to those who have immigrated and continue to immigrate to this country have changed throughout American history. In this unit we will discuss the history of immigration and the differential treatment of immigrants from different countries and get a better understanding of how policies affect documented and undocumented individuals in our schools, colleges, and universities. Learning Goals: 1. Understanding civic belonging of immigrants—why people immigrate to the United States. 2. Understanding social and political issues surrounding immigrant status and citizenship. Key Questions: 1. Who belongs to this country? 2. What are the new policy responses for immigration? 3. What are the effects of these policies on immigrants?