and the “Gentlemen's Agreement” of 1907, 16
in the 1880s, 13
Japanese and Korean Exclusion Movement in 1905, 55
popularity of Sound of Music movie in, 125
treatment of immigrants in US during World War II, 18
Japanese Americans, interned during
World War II, 18
Redress Act of 1988 providing compensation, 258
“War Relocation Camps,” 129–30, 135
photo of Shibuya family, 139
Jefferson, Arthur Stanley. See Laurel, Stan
Jefferson, City, MO, 331
Jennings, Peter, 199
Jewish Daily Forward (newspaper), 96
Jewish Federation of San Jose, 234, 236
Jewish immigration
Ava Rado-Harte's story, 166–73
Betty Dornbaum's story, 66–72
Faye Lundsky's story, 47–54
Golda Meir remembering, 29
growth in immigration of eastern European Jews (1903–1906), 15
Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, 105–106
Justice Department approving entry of Soviet Jewish immigrants in 1977, 231
medical examination of Jewish immigrants in 1907, 62
pogroms in Russia, 26, 44
Stella Dushats's story, 234–39
Johnson, Howard, 188–89
Johnson, Lyndon B., 197
Jolson, Al, 45
Josephson, Barry, 291
Juan and Elizabeth after Swift meatpacking raid, 320–23
Julie & Julia (movie), 194, 258
Kahn, Gus, 45
Kalaw, Martine Mwanj, 330, 335–37
Károlyi, Béla, 258
Kazan, Elia, 75
Keeler, Ruby, 75
Keller, Thomas, 218
Kennedy, Edward, 204
Kennedy, John F., 197, 293
Kennedy, Joseph P., 189
Keschl, Steve, 36, 174–79, 175
Khrushchev, Nikita, 221
Khrushchev, Sergei, 221
Kim, Byung-Hyun, 279
Kipling, Rudyard, 45
KISS (rock group), 165
Kissinger, Henry, 107
Kluge, John, 88
Knauff, Ellen, 19
Knights of Labor, 13
Koppel, Ted, 164
Korea and Korean immigration to US
Japanese and Korean Exclusion Movement in 1905, 55
Korean War, start of in 1950, 163
one of top ten emigration countries
in 1970s, 232
in 1980s, 258
in 1990s, 279
Korean War, 163
Kournikova, Anna, 279
KQED (TV station, San Francisco, CA), 192–93
Krebs, Richard. See Valtin, Jan
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, 165
Ku Klux Klan, 16, 87
Kunis, Milena “Mila,” 279
Kuznets, Simon, 88
La Côte Basque restaurant (New York City), 189
Lansbury, Angela, 130
Lansky, Meyer, 75
Lantos, Tom, 131
Laos, 231
Laotian immigration, 320
Laric, Ivan, 133, 144–46
Laric, Paul, 133–48
Laric, Vilko, 133–34, 136, 147–48
La Société des Cuisiniers de Paris [Society of Chefs of Paris], 184
Lassie (TV show), 282, 287
La Technique: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking (Pépin), 191
Latina (magazine), 331
Laurel, Stan, 75
Leach, Archibald Alexander. See Grant, Cary
Le Caravelle restaurant (New York City), 189, 217
Le Cirque restaurant (New York City), 217, 272
Le Cygne restaurant (New York City), 217
Lee, Ang, 233
legal status
of illegal immigrants
Felix and Cynthia, mistreatment by the legal system, 323–25
Juan and Elizabeth after Swift meatpacking raid, 320–23
Martha and Moises gaining citizenship, 325
of lawful immigrants, 204–207
Légion d'Honneur award, 210
Le Grenouille restaurant (New York City), 217
Lennon, John, 232
Lennox Industries, 317
Le Pavillon restaurant (New York City), 187, 188–89, 190
Levantine region, immigrants from, 15
Levitt, Alfred, 75
Lewis, Meriwether, 30
Lin, Yutang, 106
Literacy Act of 1917, 16–17, 74
Lofgren, Zoe, 329, 330, 341
Long Island, NY, 110
Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 292
Lotsky, Jacob, 26
Luciano, Charles, 57
Lugosi, Bela, 26, 88
Lundsky, Faye, 47–54
Lutèce Cookbook, The (Soltner and Britchky), 210
Lutèce restaurant (New York City), 210, 212, 215, 216–17, 219–20
Lutringhauser, Ernest, 186
Luxembourg, Hitler's conquests leading to “stateless” aliens from, 18
M&M Company, 275
Ma, Yo-Yo, 198
Maccioni, Sirio, 272
MacMillan, Harold, 185
Macnee, Jim (Pastor), 248–56
Macnee, Patrick, 164
Macnee, Sara, 249–50, 251, 252, 253–54, 255, 256
Macpherson, Elle, 258
Madame Chocolat, 272
Mahler, Gustav, 57
mail-order brides (picture brides), 93
main building at Ellis Island. See Ellis Island
Malisse, Xavier, 279
Mandelbrot, Benoît, 165
Manhattan, NY, 71–72
Manhattan Community College, 302
Mann, Thomas, 107
Maribor Remembered (Laric), 147–48
Marine Hospital Service run by Treasury Department, 14
Mars, Frank C., 275
Marshalltown, Iowa, 314–28
Marshall University, 248, 249
Martha and Moises gaining citizenship, 325
Martin, Mary, 125
Massachusetts General Hospital, 270
Master Chefs of France, 210
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Child), 192, 194
Matsui, Hideki, 307
Matthews, Dave, 199
Mazurki, Mike, 75
McAdams, Rachel, 307
McCarthyism, 163
McCully, Helen, 191, 194
McKay, Claude, 75
McKinley, William, assassination of, 55
Mehta, Zubin, 198
Meilleurs Ouvriers de France award, 210
Meir, Golda, 29, 57
men immigrating to America first, then bringing family, 48
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 89
Meskwaki [Bingo] Casino, 317
Mexican–American border, crossing of, 296–98, 308
Border Patrol checkpoints, 296, 316, 319, 326
checking vehicles, 322
and coyote guides, 33, 280, 282–85, 295, 296–98
crossing the Arizona desert, 297
Tijuana border, 35, 280, 282–85, 285, 296
“Tortilla Curtain,” 33, 33
See also Border Patrol
Mexico and Mexican immigration to US, 277, 305
Carlos Escobar's story, 295–98
Cesar Millan's story, 280–94
crossing the Mexican–American border, 282–85
in the 1880s, 13
Juan and Elizabeth after Swift meatpacking raid, 320–23
Mexican repatriation program in 1931 to discourage immigration, 105
Mexican Revolution (1910), 16, 73
one of top ten emigration countries
in 1910s, 74
in 1920s, 88
in 1930s, 106
in 1940s, 130
in 1950s, 164
in 1960s, 198
in 1970s, 232
in 1980s, 258
in 1990s, 278
&
nbsp; in 2000s, 307
Supreme Court in 1974 upholding Canadians and Mexicans commuting freely, 231
taking advantage of amnesty offer in 1986, 257
Meyzin, Robert, 189
Mezei, Ignatz, 19
MGH. See Massachusetts General Hospital
Miami, FL, 201–202, 203, 225–26
Miami Beach, FL, 166, 168, 171, 172–73
Miami Sound Machine (music group), 227, 228
Miami University of Ohio, 271
Michigan State University, 202
migration flows of top ten emigration countries
during 1890s, 45
during 1900s, 56
during 1910s, 74
during 1920s, 88
during 1930s, 106
during 1940s, 130
during 1950s, 164
during 1960s, 198
during 1970s, 232
during 1980s, 258
during 1990s, 278–79
during 2000s, 307
Millan, André, 290
Millan, Cesar, 36, 279, 280–94, 281
Millan, Ilusión, 288–89
Ming, Yao, 307
Mogilny, Alexander, 259
mojado [the illegal ones]. See illegal immigration
Montalbán, Ricardo, 130
Moody Bible Institute, 248
Moore, Annie, 45
Moreno, Antonio, 56
Moreno, Barry, 11–19
Moreno, Wenceslao “Señor Wences,” 107
Mormons, 13–14, 55
Mowbray, Alan, 88
Mulberry Street, photo of, 59
Munoz, Jorge, 261–65, 262
Murray, Arthur, 45
Murray, Philip, 56
Mussolini, Benito, 343
Mutombo, Dikembe, 259, 260
Myers, Mike, 259
My Life (Meir), 29
Nabokov, Vladimir, 131
Naismith, James, 45
National Basketball Association, 260, 291
National Defense Authorization Act of 2010, 329
National Football League, 291
National Geographic Channel, 35
National Immigration Law Center, 206
National Origins Act of 1924 (setting permanent quotas), 17, 87
National Park Service, 37
Navratilova, Martina, 232
Nazi Germany, 105–106, 343
Albert Einstein's growing concerns about, 108
and Maria Franziska von Trapp, 115–16
Sweden sympathetic to during World War II, 121
NBA. See National Basketball Association
Neeson, Liam, 258
Negri, Pola, 88
Netherlands and Dutch immigration to US
Hitler's conquests leading to “stateless” aliens from, 18
one of top ten emigration countries
in 1940s, 130
in 1950s, 164
photo of Dutch boys, 46
Nevelson, Louise, 89
Newfoundland, 106
“New Immigrants” (1954–2010), 11–12, 30, 344
coming after closure of Ellis Island, 19, 21, 22
differing from those who came through Ellis Island, 28–29, 36
difficulties in obtaining a visa, 32, 33, 36
settling in the West, 30
See also specific decades in index of dates
Newman, Pauline, 56
Newsweek (magazine), 217
New York City
longest serving doorman in, 174, 174, 177
receiving largest number of immigrants, 13
New York Times (newspaper), 190, 217, 264, 265
1993 poll showing Americans favoring decreases in immigration, 278
New York Tribune (newspaper), 30
New Zealand as a destination for migrants in the 1900s, 16
NFL. See National Football League
Nichols, Mike, 107
Nieri, Renata, 110–14
NILC. See National Immigration Law Center
9/11 attacks, 305
Kiril Tarpov's story, 309, 312–13
Nixon, Richard M., 198, 217, 218
Nizer, Louis, 56
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, dealing with, 250–56
Norway and Norwegian immigration to US, 55
Hitler's conquests leading to “stateless” aliens from, 18
one of top ten emigration countries
in 1890s, 45
in 1900s, 56
in 1920s, 88
Nureyev, Rudolf, 232
Obama, Barack, 25, 329
honoring Jorge Munoz as an American hero, 261
and Zeituni Onyango, 26–27, 308
Ocean's Eleven (movies), 199
O'Dwyer, William, 75
Officier du Mérite National award, 210
Olajuwon, Hakeem, 258
Oland, Warner, 45
“Old Immigrants” (1892–1954), 11
coming through Ellis Island, 21
differing from “New Immigrants,” 28–29, 36
See also specific decades in index of dates
Once (movie), 279, 308
On Death and Dying (Kübler-Ross), 165
Ono, Yoko, 131
On the Waterfront (movie), 75
Onyango, Zeituni “Aunty Zeituni,” 26–27, 308
Oz, Frank, 131
Ozawa, Seiji, 198
Padilla, Daniel, 336
padrones, 13
Palmer raids of 1919, 74
Papashvily, George, 88
Papers (movie), 327
Papua New Guinea, 115, 117
Parker, Tom, 89
Passing of the Great Race, The (Grant), 74
Patriot Act of 2001, 305
Pawtucket, RI, 63–64
PBS (TV network), 192, 193, 272
Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on, 97, 129
Pei, Ieoh Ming (I. M.), 107
Peopling of America Center on Ellis Island, 21
Pépin, Claudine, 192, 194
Pépin, Gloria, 194
Pépin, Jacques, 165, 180–95, 181
Perlman, Itzhak, 165
permanent resident alien cards. See green cards
Pew Hispanic Center, 277
Phifer, Roman, 291
Philadelphia, PA, 120, 123
Philippians 4:4–7, 251, 254
Philippine Independence Act. See Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934 (Philippine Independence Act)
Philippines and Filipino immigration to US
one of top ten emigration countries
in 1960s, 198
in 1970s, 232
in 1980s, 258
in 1990s, 278
in 2000s, 307
restriction of Filipino immigration in 1934, 106
Phoenix, Joaquin, 233
Pickford, Mary, 57
“picture brides.” See mail-order brides (picture brides)
Pittsburgh, PA, 171
Veterans Administration Hospital in, 271
Playboy (magazine), 217
Plummer, Christopher, 115, 119, 120, 125
pogroms in Russia, 26, 44
Faye Lundsky's story, 47–54
Poland and Polish immigration to US
Aniela Szeliga's story, 149–59
one of top ten emigration countries
in 1890s, 45
in 1920s, 88
in 1930s, 106
Poland given to Russia at end of World War II, 157
SS Polk (ship), 133, 143
population
of Italy in the 1930s, 186–87
of US
contemporary immigrants younger than native population, 277
in 1890s, 43
in 1900, 55, 343
in 1930, 105
Mexican population in US in 1990s, 277
percentage of Hispanics in 2050, 343
Portugal and Portuguese immigration to US, 14, 17
one of top ten emigration countries in 1960s, 198
post-Ellis Island era, 27–28
See also “New Immigrants�
�� (1954–2010)
pre–Ellis Island era of immigration, 11–14, 36
key historic events during, 43–44
reasons for immigration since the Ellis Island era, 27–28
See also Ellis Island; “New Immigrants”; “Old Immigrants”
Presidential Citizen's Medal, 261
Presley, Elvis, 89
Previn, André, 107
Princeton University, 336
profiling not allowed in 1977 Supreme Court ruling, 231
Providence, RI, 64
Puccini, Giacomo, 57
Puck, Wolfgang, 232
Puerto Rican migration occurring in 1945, 130
Puglia, Frank, 57
Queens, NY, 200, 261, 263–64
quotas
changing to a preference system in 1965, 197
during the Hungarian Revolution, 170, 171, 176
for Filipinos, 106
France not always filling quota for immigrants, 186, 214
Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, 163
not lifted in 1933 for Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, 106
permanent quotas established in National Origins Act of 1924, 17, 87, 105
quotas not filled during the Great Depression, 17
restriction of Filipino immigration in 1934, 106
temporary quotas established in Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, 17, 87
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 75
Rado-Harte, Ava, 36, 166–73, 167
Ramnath, Golly, 299–303, 300
Rand, Ayn, 89
Ratoff, Gregory, 88
Reagan, Ronald, 257, 261
Redman (rapper), 291
Redress Act of 1988, 258
Reel, Jay, 288–89
Refugee Act of 1980, 204, 257
Refugee-Escapee Act of 1957, 163
Refugee Relief Act of 1953, 163–64
refugees, 305
after US withdrawal from Vietnam, 231, 257
Cuban refugees after Castro takeover, 196, 197, 202, 226, 257
Displaced Persons Act of 1948, 130, 163
Haitian refugees, 231
Hong Kong refugees, special permission given in 1962, 197
from the Hungarian Revolution, 163, 166, 169, 170, 171
measures allowing to stay in US in 1997, 278
from the Mexican Revolution of 1910, 16
Refugee Act of 1980, 204, 257
Refugee-Escapee Act of 1957, 163
Refugee Relief Act of 1953 rescuing people from Communism, 163
refugee status, 149, 226, 318, 319
foreigners ineligible for refugee status if they committed a nonpolitical crime in own country, 278
War Refugee Board, 18
and World War I, 17
and World War II, 18, 106
See also asylum
Registry Room (Great Hall) at Ellis Island. See Ellis Island, Registry Room
Reichmann, Heidi, 26
Reston, James, 88
reverse immigration
Germans, Italians, and Japanese returning home before World War II, 18
immigrants returning home because of lack of work in 2007–2008, 30, 32, 306
“reverse revenues,” 306
Rickover, Hyman G., 56
Rin Tin Tin (TV show), 282, 287
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