Why Claiming “My Family Came Legally” is Often a Myth

On November, 25, 2008, the Immigration Policy Center released an interesting article called “De-Romanticizing Our Immigrant Past; Why Claiming ‘My Family Came Legally’ Is Often a Myth.” The piece does a good job clarifying our immigrant past and what it meant to come “legally” and how that notion has changed and evolved over the years. To read the article, click here.

By Michelle Richart