The current ongoing release of the 2000 Census data confirms the U.S. is undergoing a demographic revolution, a dramatic change in the racial and ethnic composition of the nation. In 1965, the old national-origins quota system, which strongly favored northern and western European immigrants, was discarded in favor of a more ethnically and geographically equitable system. The result is a vast increase in the number of immigrants and a dramatic change in the composition of the immigrant flow. This Jackdaw narrates the unfolding story through hands-on documents, charts, photo essays, recipes, reminiscences, a family album and political pamphlets. Historian: Christine Scriabine. The contents of this Jackdaw feature:

• New Americans and the Laws
• The New Immigrants
• Immigrants from the Western Hemisphere
• Asians and Africans
• The Refugees

• Poster, Mexican-Americans in the Depression & World War II.
• Guide for Irish Immigrants.
• Article,”The Ordeal of Immigration in Wausau,” 1994.
• Naturalization Requirements and Information.
• Application for Naturalization.
• A Guide to Resettlement in the United States.
• Vietnamese Identity Card and Evacuee Information, c. 1973.
• Article, “Illegals Made Slaves to Fashion,” 1993.
• Article, “Los Tejanos: The Mexican Texans,” 1993.
• Photos from: “Life in a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple.”
• Texas Democratic Party Platform, 1996.
• Immigrant Recipes and Restaurants.
• Survey: “Immigrants Do Not Take Away Jobs...”
• “Foreigners Flock to Slopes to Work, Not Ski.” N.Y. Times, 1995.
• Certificate of Naturalization for Nicholas Cosmopulos, 1941.