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The National Conference of Catholic Welfare (NCWC) was reorganized in 1966 into the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and its secretariat, the United States Catholic Conference (USCC). In 2001 the two were reunited as the United States…
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An immigrant mother and her children, ca. 1990
Courtesy of ACUA
Catholic Charities USA Photographic Collection
Courtesy of ACUA
Catholic Charities USA Photographic Collection
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President George W. Bush receives applause while delivering the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Also pictured are Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. President Bush called for…
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Vietnamese immigrant women kneeling before a Buddha sculpture in California, ca. 1975
Courtesy of the University of California Irvine Libraries
Courtesy of the University of California Irvine Libraries
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Hearings of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, 1955
Left: James Houghteling, U.S. commissioner of Immigration
Right: Edward J. Shaughnessy, INS official on testifying on behalf of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
Courtesy of the…
Left: James Houghteling, U.S. commissioner of Immigration
Right: Edward J. Shaughnessy, INS official on testifying on behalf of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
Courtesy of the…
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Senator Francis E. Walter, 1939
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Public Domain Photographs [LC-DIG-hec-27435]
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Public Domain Photographs [LC-DIG-hec-27435]
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Mexican agricultural workers arriving in the U.S. under the Bracero program, 1942
Courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California
Courtesy of the Oakland Museum of California