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Suketu Mehta's insightful article on immigrant networks in New York City

Teachers who understand their students' cultural backgrounds will be more effective, according to South Carolina State University Education Department Chair Dr. Evelyn Fields, who is helping educators create lesson plans that engage students of all backgrounds. African-American male students, according to research, are more likely to want to move around rather than sit static in the classroom, and Fields says that teachers who know about these small cultural differences can adapt and enhance the chances for academic success among all students. (The Times and Democrat, (Orangeburg, S.C.)

12/31/08--Thousands of Salvadoran, Nicaraguan and Honduran immigrants could have their permission to live and work in the United States revoked next year after missing a Tuesday immigration deadline.

Search passenger records from 1892 to 1924 of over 22 million immigrants, passengers, and crew members who came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York. Locate actual ship manifests, download free charts and forms, and research Ellis Island history.

A column on immigrants' driving practices, cultural differences in the U.S. and tolerance, written for The Chapel Hill News by Augustus Cho, who was a candidate for the Fourth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008.