“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free.” The world once saw the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor as standing with open arms. Is she now pointing a finger back out to sea, ordering potential immigrants to “go home?” America’s struggle with immigration, on this episode of Fresh Outlook.
Studio Guests:
Rodolfo de la Garza is Eaton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science at Columbia University. He is also the Vice President of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, a think tank that conducts policy research on issues affecting Latino communities.
Robyn Rodriguez is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University. She is the author of "Migrants for Export: How the Philippine Brokers Labor to the World" and is working on a second book, "In Lady Liberty's Shadow: Immigration and Belonging in New Jersey after 9/11."
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