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Hearings of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, 1955

Left: James Houghteling, U.S. commissioner of Immigration

Right: Edward J. Shaughnessy, INS official on testifying on behalf of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins

Courtesy of the…

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Vietnamese immigrant women kneeling before a Buddha sculpture in California, ca. 1975

Courtesy of the University of California Irvine Libraries

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President George W. Bush receives applause while delivering the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Also pictured are Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. President Bush called for…

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An immigrant mother and her children, ca. 1990

Courtesy of ACUA

Catholic Charities USA Photographic Collection

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The National Conference of Catholic Welfare (NCWC) was reorganized in 1966 into the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and its secretariat, the United States Catholic Conference (USCC). In 2001 the two were reunited as the United States…

Wooten-Burke.pdf
For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for Letter from Dudley Wooten and John Burke, October 29, 1920 and Reply, November 5, 1920. This item is a part of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and Immigration section. Return to…

f8195f358c8fc57b8c6baa57e13ef68a[1].pdf
For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for Letter from John Burke to Secretary of Labor William Wilson, November 11, 1920; and Reply from Assistant Secretary Louis Post, November 17, 1920. This item is a part of the…

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For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for Letter from Dudley Wooten and John Burke, October 29, 1920 and Reply, November 5, 1920 . This item is a part of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and Immigration section.

cb0d84a36e8140dd040972947a778457[1].pdf
For more information on this particular item, visit the document page for "Resume of Conference Called by Father Burke to Consider the Immigration Problem," November 10, 1920. This item is a part of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and Immigration section.…
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