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U.S. immigration history

The history of immigration in the United States, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

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Jan 28, 2026
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Is there evidence of Signal chat group working on Anti-Ice operations in MN? If so, does instructing others to obstruct law enforcement break a federal law?

show a burst of that encrypted Signal groups in were being used to monitor and mobilize around immigration agents; federal authorities have opened an investigation after a conservative journalist publ...

Jan 15, 2026
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is California stolen from Mexico?

California ceased to be Mexican territory after U.S. military conquest during the Mexican–American War and the formal cession in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (signed February 2, 1848), in which Mex...

Jan 28, 2026
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Impeachment of secretary of war belknap

, ’s Secretary of War, was in 1876 over a long-running trader-post kickback scheme but resigned minutes before the House vote; nevertheless tried him, found a majority voting “guilty” on the articles ...

Jan 24, 2026

Did Friedrich Trump enter the United States legally or using false documents?

arrived in the in October 1885 as a 16‑year‑old immigrant through , the primary New York entry point before , and later filed for a U.S. passport—both facts in the historical record that point to lawf...

Jan 22, 2026

What immigration records exist for Friedrich Trump (Donald Trump's grandfather) from Germany to the United States?

appears in 19th‑century immigration records as an arrivals passenger to in October 1885, and later German administrative records show ordered his expulsion in 1905 for evading compulsory military serv...

Feb 5, 2026

Has President Biden directed federal relocation of migrants between states?

The available reporting and policy reviews do not document a by directing the federal government to relocate migrants from one to another; instead, the record shows federal policies aimed at managing ...

Jan 20, 2026

Can a natural-born U.S. citizen be deported for felony convictions?

A person born in the United States cannot be deported for felony convictions — U.S.-born citizenship is legally protected against removal . By contrast, foreign-born naturalized citizens can, in excep...