These films explore the context surrounding migration and immigration and show various opinions on these subjects and their consequences.

President Obama on Immigration at Naturalization Ceremony, 2015
C-SPAN

 

Q&A with Former President George W. Bush, 2011
C-SPAN

President Obama Remarks on Immigration Executive Actions Ruling, 2016
C-SPAN

The Great Migration and the Power of a Single Decision, TED Talk by Isabel Wilkerson, 2017

The Making of an American, 1920
Connecticut State Board Of Education, Guy Hedlund, and Worcester Film Corporation

President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at a Signing Ceremony for The Immigration Reform and Control Act in The Roosevelt Room, 1986
White House Television Office
Courtesy: National Archives Catalog

President Trump discusses the US-Mexico Border Wall, 2018
C-SPAN

Daniel Stein and Ben Johnson on Immigration Reform, 2018
C-SPAN
 

President's Order on Refugees and Immigrants, 2017
C-SPAN

Alien Enemy Detention Facility, Crystal City, Texas, circa 1942-43
Department of Justice. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Courtesy: National Archives Catalog