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US Immigration Policy in Historical Perspective
December 4, 2019
7:00 pm
Brooks Memorial Library
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One would think that current anxieties about immigration in the US have never been more intense, but history teaches us otherwise. Dartmouth professor Richard Wright examines the present-day contradictions of US immigration policy and places them in historical perspective.
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For more information
- “A Brief History of America’s ‘Love-Hate Relationship’ With Immigration,” The Atlantic, 2/19/2017
- Photo Gallery: 20 Photos of Immigrants at Ellis Island
Video: Animated Map of Immigration to the US: