This page is designed for you so you can learn about immigration to America. What does "immigration" mean? Immigration is when people move to or settle in another country. A person is called an immigrant if he or she has an intention to live in the country permanently. Immigrants from different countries started to settle in America as early as in the seventeenth century. First immigrants were from Holland, England and Germany.

Are you interested in learning some other interesting facts about immigration? You can click on the links below and you will be able to find out why first settlers immigrated to the United States and why many people continue to immigrate here. You can make a tour to Ellis Island, one of the main ports for immigrants entering the United States. You can also meet kids who recently immigrated to the United States and hear their stories.

Browsing through these links, I am sure that you will find out something new and exiting. Please do not forget to share this with your friends and families!

• To take a tour of Ellis Island
• Meet a boy from Poland who arrived into U.S. in 1920
• Meet a girl from China who came here in 1933
• Meet kids who arrived into U.S. recently
• Do you want to ask a question one of recently immigrated kids?