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"Castaways," Buenos Aires, 1906 Two "castaways" from Syria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1906 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	"Gypsies," Argentina, 1911 "'Gypsies" arriving in Buenos Aires, March 1911 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	"It was not true" A U.S. Border Patrol poster placed around the border with Mexico. It translates: "I thought that it would be easy for my son to get papers [e.g. legal status/work rights] in the North. It was not true. Our children are our future. Let’s protect them.”
"The Brazilian Nation to the Immigrant" This monument dedicated to the immigrant population reads "The Brazilian Nation to the Immigrant," and stands in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.	Border Control at Sea A photo of "Border Control at Sea" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.	Border Patrol Sign This sign at the U.S. - Mexico border provides instructions for illegal immigrants to call for help if needed.
DREAM Act Advocates, 2010 Students sit in on Senator John McCain's office to protest on behalf of the DREAM Act in May of 2010.	Hotel de Inmigrantes, 1912 Immigrant children on the grounds of the Immigrants Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	Immigrant Arrival, Argentina, 1912 Arrival of immigrants in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1912 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina
Immigrant Family, Argentina, 1905 An immigrant family enjoying lunch, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1905 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	Immigrants Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina Now an immigration museum, this building - constructed in 1906 - was the "Immigrants Hotel" near the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina.	May Day, 2006 On May Day, 2006 - a march in downtown Los Angeles calling for illegal immigrants' amnesty
Mexican Workers, 1954 Mexican workers wait in Mexicali for legal employment in the U.S. as a part of the Bracero Program, 1954.	Migrants from Central America A railway known as La Bestia transports Central American migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border.	Opposition to Immigration An "Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit" bumper sticker from Colorado.
Senegalese Immigrants, Argentina, 1899 Senegalese immigrants arrived in Buenos Aires destined for work in a sugar factory in the northwestern province of Tucumán, April 1899 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	Statue Honoring Immigrants, Rosario, Argentina This statue is placed in Rosario, Argentina - where an annual immigrant festival is nationally recognized	Statue of Liberty, New York, New York The Statue of Liberty in New York welcomes immigrants the U.S.
Syrian Immigrants, Argentina, 1902 Interior patio in the home of Syrian immigrants, Tres Sargentos Street, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1902 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	Turcos, 1902 Immigrants from the Ottoman Empire in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1902 Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina	U.S. - Canada Border This notice sits on the border between Canada and the United States in Point Roberts, Washington.
U.S.-Mexico Pedestrian Crossing Pedestrian border crossing, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.	Young Immigrant Girl, Buenos Aires Young immigrant girl in turn-of-the-century Buenos Aires Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Archivo General de la Nación Argentina

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