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Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts

A panel discussion with

DEBORAH DASH MOORE
WILLIAM G. ROSS
ALEX NOWRASTEH

moderated by DIANE PORTNOY

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Date

Oct

Wednesday
October 8, 2014
7:00 PM ET

Location

FPC Parish House
3 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Tickets

This event is free; no tickets are required.

Cambridge Forum presents a panel discussion on Diane Portnoy's book Immigrant Struggles, Immigrant Gifts.

This summer’s focus on the 50,000+ children crossing the southern border of the United States has again 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.

Event Series: Cambridge Forum

For the past fifty years, Cambridge Forum has provided free public forums for the discussion of the issues and ideas that are shaping our world. From culture to technology, the environment to public policy, Cambridge Forum offers citizens vital information about the challenges facing contemporary society.

Forum programs, which are edited and produced for subsequent broadcast on public radio stations nation-wide, feature the nation's most noted thinkers, creators, social entrepreneurs, and leaders from the worlds of academia, business, government, media and the arts. Programs are held in Harvard Square with book sales provided by Harvard Book Store.

Learn more at cambridgeforum.org.