Each year the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In this issue, we feature the three prize-winning essays as the Margaret Chase Smith Essay. The 2015 essay prompt asked students to weigh in with their opinions about what current U.S. immigration policy should be in light of the historical backdrop of alternating cycles of welcome and wariness toward foreigners. Second place prize winner Rachel Kocik discusses some of the many benefits immigrants bring to the United States, while acknowledging that there are still some knotty legal problems that need to be resolved
In Part I, this Article briefly describes some aspects of white immigrants’ educational experience (...
Today more than ever the United States is a target for international migration. Population growth an...
In this example of an argument, Kelleher explores how the issue of immigration has been taken up in ...
Each year the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In thi...
Each year the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In thi...
Immigration is an issue drawing increased attention among policymakers and citizens. These essays pr...
Each year, the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. This ...
The United States is considered a country of immigrants, but a historical tension has existed betwee...
Each year, the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In 20...
The United States has a rich and interesting history of immigration. The country itself was created ...
The historical purpose of American immigration policy was to provide a haven for those fleeing perse...
The concerns over another terrorist attack, a sluggish economic recovery, high unemployment rates, a...
A common debate in today’s college classrooms center around immigration, and it is a current social ...
In the last year, much has been made of the current immigration situation in the United States. With...
2012-08-02On paper, the siblings look a lot alike. The same straight As. The same Advanced Placement...
In Part I, this Article briefly describes some aspects of white immigrants’ educational experience (...
Today more than ever the United States is a target for international migration. Population growth an...
In this example of an argument, Kelleher explores how the issue of immigration has been taken up in ...
Each year the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In thi...
Each year the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In thi...
Immigration is an issue drawing increased attention among policymakers and citizens. These essays pr...
Each year, the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. This ...
The United States is considered a country of immigrants, but a historical tension has existed betwee...
Each year, the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for high school seniors. In 20...
The United States has a rich and interesting history of immigration. The country itself was created ...
The historical purpose of American immigration policy was to provide a haven for those fleeing perse...
The concerns over another terrorist attack, a sluggish economic recovery, high unemployment rates, a...
A common debate in today’s college classrooms center around immigration, and it is a current social ...
In the last year, much has been made of the current immigration situation in the United States. With...
2012-08-02On paper, the siblings look a lot alike. The same straight As. The same Advanced Placement...
In Part I, this Article briefly describes some aspects of white immigrants’ educational experience (...
Today more than ever the United States is a target for international migration. Population growth an...
In this example of an argument, Kelleher explores how the issue of immigration has been taken up in ...