After being briefly introduced to the topic of immigration, we asked students to transcribe what they know about immigration before writing down any questions they had. Below is a collection of their thoughts and questions.

What do you know about immigration?

• An immigrant travels from one place to another

• An immigrant moves either because there is a problem with their country or they just don’t like their country

• The very first immigrants were during the ice age and they traveled over the rivers to go to different countries

• There was not a lot of transportation which made it hard to immigrate

• They move from one place to another

• You don’t need to know the language you are going to.

• An immigrant is someone who moves to another place for a job.

• Most people come to America from Europe.

• An immigrant is someone who immigrates across the country

• If you move and come back it wouldn’t be immigration unless you have been to the new place for more than a month.

• Immigrants don’t only go to one place. They go all over the world.

• People can immigrate a mile.

• An immigrant is a person who travels from one place to another because their country is not fair.

• An immigrant is a person who has to travel from their country to America because something bad happened in their country.

• I know that immigration is people that flee from their country because it is getting dangerous.

What do you want to know about immigration?

• What time period were there the most immigrants in the United States?

• Was Christopher Columbus an immigrant?

• We want to know the process of immigration.

• When was America created?

• Who were the immigrants?

• When did immigration start?

• How long do you have to be in one place to immigrate?

• How old do you have to be to immigrate?

• What time did the most immigrants come to New York?

• Did they only go to the USA?

• How many immigrants immigrate each year?

• What is the cause?

• Do people immigrate because it is fun or because it is urgent?

• Do immigrants always come to America?

• Do immigrants travel together?

• Why do immigrants leave their country?

• Do more girl immigrants leave their country than boy immigrants?