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	Podcast:		Freakonomics Radio
	Episode:		580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System
	Category:		TV & Film
	Duration:		00:55:05
	Publish Date:		2024-03-14 03:00:00
	Description:		How did a nation of immigrants come to hate immigration? We start at the beginning, sort through the evidence, and explain why your grandfather was lying about Ellis Island. (Part one of a three-part series.) SOURCES: Leah Boustan, professor of economics at Princeton University. Zeke Hernandez, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Roger Nam, professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University. RESOURCES: The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers, by Zeke Hernandez (2024, available for pre-order). "The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century," by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, Peter Catron, Dylan Connor, and Rob Voigt (NBER Working Paper, 2023). Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success, by Leah Boustan and Ran Abramitzky (2022). "If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will," by David Frum (The Atlantic, 2019). EXTRAS: "Is Migration a Basic Human Right?" by Freakonomics Radio (2015). "Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?" by Freakonomics Radio (2013).
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