Immigrant and Refugee Deja Vu | Scholars Strategy Network

Fitchburg State University

Professor Benjamin Railton recounts a short history of U.S. immigration law and times in history that parallel the reaction to the Syrian refugee crisis.

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Read the articles mentioned in today’s episode at Talking Points Memo, "No, Your Ancestors Didn’t Come Here Legally" and "For More Than 200 Years, America Has Shunned A 'War On Islam.'"
Railton writes about immigration and more in The Huffington Post.