Ironically even though the United States is a nation of immigrants, immigration has been a controversial issue from its very beginnings.
Host, Dennis McCuistion, is joined in part one of a three part series titled A Brief History of Immigration, by experts:
- Mike Gonzalez (via Skype): Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow, Author of A Race for the Future: How Conservatives Can Break Through the Liberal Monopoly on Hispanic Americans
- Hipolito Acosta: Former District Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration, Author of The Shadow Catcher, and
- Neil Foley, PhD: SMU Professor -The Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History U.S.-Mexico Borderlands/Immigration Legal, Labor and Political History of the American Southwest, Author of Mexicans and the Making of America.
To view the original and complete write-up on this topic and this episode follow this link to the History of Immigration.
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