Lowell Lecture
Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts
Date & Time
Oct. 8, 2014
Location
First Parish Church in Cambridge
3 Church Street Cambridge, MA 02138
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Speaker(s)
Deborah Dash Moore, historian, University of Michigan William G. Ross,professor law, Samford University Alex Nowrasteh, policy analyst, Cato Institute Diane Portnoy, founder, The Immigrant Learning Center
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Topics
This summer's focus on the 50,000+ children crossing the southern border of the United States is the latest in a series of events that has brought U.S. immigration policy into sharp relief. Are current policies adequate for today's immigrant experience? How is modern immigration different from that of previous generations? By examining the immigrant experience of various ethnic and religious groups throughout U.S. history, the book Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts demonstrates that the same patterns of native resistance, immigrant struggles and contributions have occurred over and over again. This panel discussion featuring historian Deborah Dash Moore, Constitutional law expert William G. Ross, and policy analyst Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute puts today's immigration debate into a larger political, historical, sociological and legal perspective. Diane Portnoy, founder and CEO of The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc. moderates.