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From http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2018/12/how_educators_can_counter_anti-immigrant_and_anti-refugee_rhetoric.html

Coshandra Dillard writes, "When students hear false, hateful rhetoric directed at immigrants and refugees, they will either believe it, question it, or absorb it as a message directed at them. By teaching students about America's long and complex immigration story—including how groups of people move around the world to seek better lives—we establish an environment more conducive to effective, reasoned dialogue around this narrative." Read her December article in Education Week, which is rich with links to resources for teaching about immigrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and human rights: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2018/12/how_educators_can_counter_anti-immigrant_and_anti-refugee_rhetoric.html