177 results for: Immigration
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Recent emigres posing with Norm Rice, July 16, 1993
In this photo, Gary Tang snaps a souvenir photo of Hao Li and Yan Wang, both recent emigres from China, with Seattle mayor Norm Rice. Tang worked at the Chinese Information and Service Center in Seattle's Chinatown - International District, and later at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service. Caption information derived from caption written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.19930716.13.04
Date:1993
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Ssi Yun being sworn in at naturalization ceremony, Seattle, February 12, 1997
In the 1990s, federal welfare reform eliminated food stamps and disability payments for legal immigrants who had previously been covered. An estimated 11,000 Washingtonians lost disability payments, and about 38,000 lost access to food stamps. In response, many immigrants hurried to gain US citizenship in order to keep their benefits. In 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) office in…
ID Number:2000.107.19970212.01.05
Date:1997
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William Deng walking in the Pioneer Square area, Seattle, August 2001
In August 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Washington state had gained more foreign residents in the past decade than in the previous thirty years combined. Sudan-born William Deng, 24, was one new Seattle resident. After his village was attacked, he and other children escaped across thousands of miles of desert and spent years in refugee camps before arriving…
ID Number:2000.107.20010803.4.32
Date:2001
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William Deng working at the International Rescue Committee office, Seattle, August 2001
In August 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Washington state had gained more foreign residents in the past decade than in the previous thirty years combined. Sudan-born William Deng, 24, was one new Seattle resident. After his village was attacked, he and other children escaped across thousands of miles of desert and spent years in refugee camps before arriving…
ID Number:2000.107.20010803.5.07
Date:2001
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William Deng holding a bottle of mango juice outside store, Seattle, 2001
In August 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Washington state had gained more foreign residents in the past decade than in the previous thirty years combined. Sudan-born William Deng, 24, was one new Seattle resident. After his village was attacked, he and other children escaped across thousands of miles of desert and spent years in refugee camps before arriving…
ID Number:2000.107.20010803.5.31
Date:2001
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Swearing in of new US citizens at Seattle Center, July 4, 2002
On July 4, 2002, 311 migrants from 65 countries were sworn in as new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Seattle Center. Some chose to become citizens to secure their place in the US in the wake of immigration law changes after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, while others wanted citizenship in order to be able to work for…
ID Number:2000.107.20020704.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
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Ying Shen Winkle after being sworn in as a new citizen at Seattle Center, July 4, 2002
On July 4, 2002, 311 migrants originating from 65 counries were sworn in as new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Seattle Center. Some chose to become citizens to secure their place in the US in the wake of immigration law changes after the 9/11 attacks in 2001, while others wanted citizenship in order to work for the government…
ID Number:2000.107.20020704.CD01.01.002
Date:2002
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Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002
The Seattle LGBT Community Center, a program of Queen City Community Development, opened in May 2002 at 1115 E. Pike Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Center housed various programs, projects and services for the LGBTQ and allied communities, and reached many more through its events, activities, and advocacy. In October 2002, the Center hosted the Northwest’s first Latino…
ID Number:2000.107.20021003.CD02.001
Date:2002
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Madeleine Sosin and Jonah Cohen protest new INS policies at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.001
Date:2003
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INS detainee responding to people protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.002
Date:2003