Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
HOW DID WE GET HERE? HISTORICAL APPROACH TO THE CURRENT IMMIGRATION DEBATE
Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof
Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof is Professor of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan, where he teaches courses on the history of immigration, and on Latina/o and Latin American History. He is the author of A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950 (Princeton, 2008) and Racial Migrations: New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean (Princeton, 2019).
The speaker will discuss the history the immigration system in the United States as a necessary context for understanding contemporary debates over asylum, mass deportation, deferred action for childhood arrival, and family separation.
This is the first in a series of six weekly lectures. The subject is immigration. The next lecture will be on November 1. The title is LOOKING BEYOND COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM: A NEW IMMIGRATION POLITICS
The speaker will discuss the history the immigration system in the United States as a necessary context for understanding contemporary debates over asylum, mass deportation, deferred action for childhood arrival, and family separation.
This is the first in a series of six weekly lectures. The subject is immigration. The next lecture will be on November 1. The title is LOOKING BEYOND COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM: A NEW IMMIGRATION POLITICS
Cost
- $10 for an individual lecture. Payable at the door. Checks preferred. $30 for the entire series of 6 lectures.
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