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Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues (open access)

Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

This report is a brief overview of current policies regarding temporatry protected status (TPS), which is relief from removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It includes information about humanitarian migrants, temporary protected status, other blanket forms of relief, nationalities receiving protections, and issues with TPS, as well as recent legislation.
Date: January 14, 2014
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen & Ester, Karma
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inter-American Convention on Sea Turtles (open access)

Inter-American Convention on Sea Turtles

This treaty provides the legal framework for member countries in the Americas and the Caribbean to take actions for the benefit of sea turtles
Date: 1998
Creator: United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) & Albright, Madeleine Korbel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: National] (open access)

[News Script: National]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a hijacked plane being landed, Robb Heady being held in custody, and Frederick Hahneman surrendering.
Date: June 3, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Honduras] captions transcript

[News Clip: Honduras]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Bob Segal about Texas National Guard participating in war games in Honduras pretending to be Nicaraguan soldiers. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: April 10, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mexico.

This map shows the country of Mexico and surrounding areas. The states of Mexico are outlined in color and labeled. Texas is shown outlined and shaded in yellow. An inset in the lower left corner shows Central America, labeled "Guatimala." Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America

This map shows North and Central America with countries outlined in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:21,723,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: J. & C. Walker
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America.

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries are outlined and shaded in various colors (including present-day Central America labeled 'Guatemala' and Alaska labeled 'Russian America'). Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: 1836
Creator: Findlay, Alexander G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America Settentrionale

This map shows North and Central America. The United States, Canada, and Central American regions are outlined in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Bezzera, Paolo
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Indies

This map shows Central America and the surrounding Caribbean area. Cities are marked as well as bodies of water, and geographic features (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish Dominions in North America

This map shows portions of North and Central America. Various regions are outlined in different colors. Some cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: 1847
Creator: Neele & Son
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

N. America

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries are shaded in different colors (with all of Central America labeled "Guatemala"). Cities and towns are marked based on population (the key is at the bottom of the map). Bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief based on hachures) as well as Russian and British possessions and the locations of some Native American tribes. An illustration of an Indian near a lake is in the lower left corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: Woodward, E. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatimala.

This map shows southern portions of North America, including Mexico and the Republic of Texas, and Central America (labeled Guatemala). Regions are outlined and shaded in color. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: 1836
Creator: Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America

This map shows North and Central America with regions outlined in color. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown pictorially). Texas is labeled as "Austin's Colony" and included as a part of Mexico. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico, Guatimala and The Texas.

This map shows Mexico and Central America as well as adjacent portions of North America. Regions are outlined in various colors. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). A text box in the lower left corner gives "Statistics of the N. American Republics" including land area and population.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America.

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Countries are shaded in various colors and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the names and locations of some North American Indian tribes are noted on the map. Scale [ca. 1:25,344,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America.

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Different countries and regions are outlined and shaded in various colors. Some cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:33,792,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique Septentrionale, ou Colombie

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Several countries are outlined in color. Some cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date: 1816
Creator: Lapie, M. (Pierre), 1779-1850 & Giraldon
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

California, Mexico, and Central America.

This map shows Central America and surrounding areas including the southern United States. Colors were used to outline territories in the United States, Mexico and the Mexican states, and individual countries in South America. Some cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There is a key to the "Classification of Places" on the right side of the map showing the symbolic representations of city populations. There is also a pictorial elevation chart at the bottom of the map showing the mountains of the region.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, John, fl. 1838-1846?
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique Septentrionale en 1540

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country or region is outlined in color and labeled. Major cities and bodies of water are marked. There are several notations on areas throughout the map and there is text beneath the map with information regarding explorations and discoveries with a color key. Scale [ca. 1:33,333,333].
Date: unknown
Creator: Houzé, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique Sepentrionale.

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country or region is outlined in color and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Scale [ca. 1:41,184,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding oceans. Some states and regions are noted with dotted lines and labeled in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures) and some are colored. Scale [ca. 1:35,779,765].
Date: unknown
Creator: Rapkin, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Uebersichts-Karte von Nord Amerika

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. The United States is outlined in a reddish color and the states and territories of the U.S. and Mexico are shaded in various colors and labeled. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Washington Scale [ca. 1:16,896,000].
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America

This map shows North America and surrounding areas, including Canada (labeled "British Possessions"), the United States, and Mexico, and Central America. Bodies of water, ocean currents, and geographic features are marked and labeled (with relief shown by hachures and spot heights). There are notes in various places around the map regarding mountains, temperatures, national products, and natural mineral deposits. There are several graphic profiles of North America at the bottom of the map. Scale 1:25,344,000
Date: 1858
Creator: J. H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Each country is outlined in color and each U.S. state is delineated and labeled. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There is an inset on the left side of the map showing the "Continuation of Alaska Peninsula."
Date: unknown
Creator: Johnston, Keith, 1844-1879
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History