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The Bay Agenda: The Anti-Immigrant Spin Cycle
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:08:56
Publish Date: 2025-12-15 13:45:00
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The Trump Administration has made life very challenging for immigrants across the United States. And that’s really been felt here in the Bay Area, where roughly a third of residents are immigrants. 

Many of the rights immigrants to the U.S. have are actually rooted right here in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The community there came together more than a century ago, to fight against government efforts to remove Chinese people from the country.

KALW recently held a live event focused on the history of one of the most prominent businesses for Chinese immigrants: laundries. It was called "The Anti-Immigrant Spin Cycle: Challenging A White-Washed History."  

The evening was hosted by KALW’s Executive Producer, Ben Trefny. And included David Lei, a board member with the Chinese Historical Society of America, Here’s part of their conversation, starting with David explaining the court case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins, and how it shaped the rights for immigrants in America today.
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