Colonial period to modern day. This event is part of a twoday u. S. Capital Historical Society symposium. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. The keynote opening this particular symposium. We have paul finkelman. Those of you who come on a routine basis know paul well. Hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in helping to direct the symposium. Because of that, i feel like no introduction is needed. That old canard, but in pauls case, its really true. Ill just say that he comes to us from the university of saskatchewan to give you a sense of how far hes come to be with us today. Hes there on a professor, visiting professorship on human rights. And hell be speaking on a nation of immigrants, the keynote, of course, is an opportunity to look at the theme in a broader sense. So hes going to be laying the groundwork for everything were going to be discussing tomorrow, and i hope youll all come back as you can tomorrow as well. One last thing before paul comes up to the podium.
Through ellis island with a name tag on that said vus, so all the desce descendants were called theis. Thats how he got his new name in the new country. Yes. Thank you all very much. [ applause ] everyone who can will join us tomorrow morning. Its going to be in the Russell Senate office building, and the instructions are on the piece of yellow flyer outside. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Things in cleveland are getting back to normal now that the Republican National convention has come to an end. Donald trump and his campaign were still in the city as early as friday for an event where we heard the president ial nominee talk about what occurred over the last four days. Including the decision by texas senator ted cruz not to endorse him at the convention. Honestly, he may have ruined his political career. I feel so badly. I feel so badly. You know, hell come and endorse in the next little while. Because he has no choice, but i dont want his endorsement. What difference does it m
Captioning performed by vitac but even naturalized citizens dont have the same protections as american born sit stens have when it comes to issues of deportation, at least that has been true in the past if its not currently true. Ill defer to the people who know Immigration Law better than i. Theres a section of presumptive naturalization but its the courts decimated that particular section of law. But youre correct. Courts decimate things and und undecimate them. Theres a hand over here. Thank you very much. Its very interesting topic. I hope i havent missed something earlier. What i was curious about, how many of the 300 Million People in the United States are immigrants at this point . Do we have an idea of what our percentage is and how much . Does someone know . I dont have that number in front of me. 40 million from many decades ago. They would be from many decades ago. Again, the you know, mr. Trumps wife, for example is now a naturalized citizen, i believe but shes an immigrant
Of course. Just saying. Yeah, yeah. Well, actually though, not entirely because inheritance rights would affect there are places where you could not inherit land if youre not a citizen. And so a widow might not be able to inherit, if somebody writes a will and writes you in, you have to inherit the land. There are substantive issues for women as well. A lot of citizenship issues they couldnt naturalize. There was one question over here. I dont really have a question. Its more of a little amusing anecdote. Several years back i met a fellow named dick theis and he explained his ancestor from elis island with a name tag that said vus. Thats how he got his new name in the new country. Thank you all very much. [ applause ] everyone who can will join us tomorrow morning. Its going to be in the russet Senate Office building and the instructions are on the piece of yellow flyer outside. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Weve got more road to the white house with Hillary Clinton explaining a