Because we know that not all immigrants were welcomed into the country. Not all immigrants were able to achieve their american dreams. But rather, we picked and sifted and chose which immigrants to let in and which immigrants to let out. Or keep out. And many times, this really was dependent upon an immigrants race, ethnicity, gender, class, this idea of who is fit to become a citizen and who is not. And this is the history that is best exemplified through immigration through angel island. This is in the San Francisco bay. It is that other island, not alcatraz, but that other island in the San Francisco bay that is now a california state park. So, the immigration station on angel island was open from 1910 to 1940. We primarily think about it as an entry point for immigrants from china and japan. And two thirds of the immigrants who did come through angel island were from those two countries. But as you can see, there are over 80 countries represented for the immigration stream that cam
Welcome back. I am excited to talk to you this afternoon. So many of us as americans, we grow up learning about the history of immigration through ellis island. Right . This is what we talked about last week. It is the history of european immigrants coming to the new world under the shadow of the statue of liberty. It is often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans. But not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco, and it is an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century but also because it is so timely today. It is timely because, when we pick up any newspaper, we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republicans slam obamas immigration townhall. Obama i will fight any attempt to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system. House conservatives warn boehner dont cave on immigration. U. S. Im
Years of bloodshed. We want to stand to be an independent developed country and it should form of the small mix sister. Know that youre not alone. The entire world wants you to succeed and its counting on you succeeding and International Players express support and call for a permanent ceasefire. Also ahead on this news hour a gold mine collapse in the democratic republic of congo has killed at least 50 men. And bahrain agrees to normalise times with israel and the 2nd u. S. Brokered deal the palestinians have called it another betrayal. And in sports the u. S. Open is said to have a 1st time grand slam champion alexanders democratic came from 2 sets down to. The germany will face dominate team in these final. Ok lets get going now its been hailed as a historic moment the taliban and the Afghan Government in the same room facing each other for peace talks the warring sides are in the cattery capital doha to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of war Abdullah Abdullah whos
In San Francisco, and it is an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century but also because it is so timely today. It is timely because, when we pick up any newspaper, we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Republicans slam obamas immigration at townhall. Attempt will fight any to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system. House conservatives warn boehner dont cave on immigration. Does anyone know what some of these headlines are referring to last week . What was the big debate in congress . What was the proposed shutdown . Diego. They were threatening to shut down dhs funding because of obamas executive action referring to families. Erika right. So obamas executive action that would protect millions of undocumented immigrants, the undocumented immigrants, parents of undocumented immigrants, parents of u. S. Citizens or illegal immigrants. This would halt of their deportation. But we know that thi
Soon, be open for business. Very soon. A lot sooner than three or four months that someone was suggesting. We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. At the end of the 15 day period, well make a decision as to which way we will want to go. The timing, and essentially we are referring to the timing of the reopening of our country. The president also talked about protecting the Asian American community, and he did not call the coronavirus the chinese virus. As he has in the past. And california, there are 1733 cases of coronavirus statewide. 27 people have died. 837 of the cases are in people age 1849. 415 cases are among people 65 and older. About an hour ago, gov. Newsom concluded a briefing where he said the state will need more hospital beds. We currently have 416 hospitals in the state of california. We have just shy of 75,000 licensed beds. We need an additional 50,000 beds in our system. Our new modeling suggest that 50,000 is a new target number. The governor says h