But politicians see immigration as a way to demagogue votes. There is no more visceral issue in American History than race. And immigration. You combine the two, and this is the first time it is really done it is against the irish in the 1850s, but this is the time it really takes gains weight. And it works. The mark of a great talk is when we have to interrupt the questioning for the next speaker. Thank you, andrew. My pleasure. We have more road to the white house Coverage Today with hillary clinton. Shell be campaigning at the Florida State fair grounds in tampa. Cspan will have live coverage of that starting at 4 30 eastern this afternoon. Hillary clinton won the states march primary with more than 64 of the vote. And she takes 141 of floridas democratic delegates to mondays convention. Live coverage from florida begins at 4 30 eastern. Next, on American History tv, history professor rabbi Lance Sussman discusses representative Emanuel Celler a new york democrat who served in the u
[ inaudible ] when it passed in congress in 1882, it passes overwhelmingly. The vote in the house of representatives is Something Like 25037. There is a lively debate and several people, several congressmen, several senators speak eloquently against it. There is one senator from massachusetts, George Frisbee hore, almost forgotten today, he leads the fight against it. And he does for his whole life in the senate for the next 20 years. But every time it comes up for a vote in 1882, 92, 1902, it has fewer and fewer defenders and it becomes national policy. Yeah. Im struck by the dichotomy of the culture which is kinder to the chinese, and the politics. So can you talk about how that was so different, because you would think that the one would influence the other. Thats an extremely complicated question. What happens is the chinese, many chinese are coming to america, in late 1800s, and white workers accuse them of working for lower wages. And being imported here, meaning being carried in
Congress, 150 years ago in 1866, when congress is debating what becomes the 14th amendment, the 14th amendment begins by saying all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to their jurisdiction, ie, not the children of diplomats, are citizens of the United States. And there was a strong attempt by the delegation from california and oregon to amend that to say all persons except chinese would be citizens of the United States. And to the great credit of the United States congress, then in the hands of the antislavery Republican Party that had just led the nation to both saving the nation and ending slavery, the majority of congress simply said, no, all persons means all persons, were not going to get into the business of excluding particular groups of people. And so that in part explains the subsequent conflict over chinese immigration and chinese rights, because the 14th amendment meant their children would be citizens of the United States, even when the naturalizat
Moments after terror suspects opened fire inside the bataclan theater. French officials now say another person directly related to this massacre is unaccounted for. His identity a mystery. While the brother of the first fugitive, Salah Abdeslam called on him to turn himself in to belgium authorities. He describes his brother as devout but no signs of a radical islamist. Secretary of state john kerry met with french president Francois Hollande today, their common goal taking down isis. Were going to look out every single day to these plots. Reporter france is determined to put a stop to the terror plots, launching more air strikes today on isis targets in their capital city and Police Conducting more than 120 raids. And look at this tonight, a show of solidarity at Londons Wembley stadium, a soccer match between france and england of secondary importance here, this ceremony that took place before the game will never be forgotten. Both teams and the crowd of thousands singing the French
Funded in the Mayors Office budget. And that is the request for additional staff that includes benefits and overtime. It doesnt include the overtime. It includes the three additional personnel and overtime and salaries and benefits. So can you give the break down and why this is a significant component to the department . Absolutely. Colleagues i know there are some challenges. You know im a former commissioner for the department and this particular Department Needs Additional Support and so i am hoping that this information thats provided to us would give you a clear understanding why we need to make changes to the Fire Departments budget in order to potentially include a request that could help in that regard. Its a very important department. Its not funded at appropriate levels, but i think we need to do something about that particular issue, and so i am hoping that we can get that information sooner than later. Absolutely. This afternoon. Okay. Thank you. Supervisor mar. Yes. Thank