Hacer América and the American Dream: Global Migration and the Americas

A march in downtown Los Angeles on May Day in 2006.

May Day, 2006

On May Day, 2006 - a march in downtown Los Angeles calling for illegal immigrants' amnesty

Opposition to Immigration

An "Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit" bumper sticker from Colorado.

Border Control at Sea

A photo of "Border Control at Sea" by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Mexican Workers, 1954

Mexican workers wait in Mexicali for legal employment in the U.S. as a part of the Bracero Program, 1954.

Statue honoring immigrants in Rosario, Argentina.

Statue Honoring Immigrants, Rosario, Argentina

This statue is placed in Rosario, Argentina - where an annual immigrant festival is nationally recognized

This building was the 'Immigrants Hotel.'

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.

Students sit in on Senator John McCain's office during a protest.

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.

U.S. - Canada Border

This notice sits on the border between Canada and the United States in Point Roberts, Washington.

Statue of Liberty, New York, New York

The Statue of Liberty in New York welcomes immigrants the U.S.

This is a sign at the U.S. - Mexico border.

Border Patrol Sign

This sign at the U.S. - Mexico border provides instructions for illegal immigrants to call for help if needed.

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

Young Immigrant Girl, Buenos Aires

Young immigrant girl in turn-of-the-century Buenos Aires

Credit: Wikimedia Commons/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

An immigrant family enjoying lunch in Buenos Aires.

Immigrant Family, Argentina, 1905

An immigrant family enjoying lunch, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1905 Credit: 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

"Castaways," Buenos Aires, 1906

Two "castaways" from Syria, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1906

Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina

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

"Gypsies," Argentina, 1911

"Gypsies" arriving in Buenos Aires, March 1911

Credit: Archivo General de la Nación Argentina

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

"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.”