Kraut, you have spent your professional career as an historian studying u. S. Immigration. Many americans look to the statue of libertys famous poem by emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look at history, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. It has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. That is more accurate as to how our relationship with immigration has been in the United States. One of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would pass in the years after that i
Susan alan kraut, you have spent your professional career as an historian studying u. S. Immigration. Many americans look to the statue of libertys famous poem by emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look at history, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. In fact, it has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. That is more accurate as to how our relationship with immigration has been in the United States. In fact, one of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would p
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Inland, this is the camera that sits above dublin. A few high clouds. Not a widespread marine layer. Having said that, we will notice a cool down today. Even if were not necessarily starting out the day gray, the cooler air is surging inland. Were sitting where we were yesterday at this time of day. 54 in San Francisco. Temperatures in the mid 50s inland. 63 today for the city. Cooler by three or four degrees here and breezy by the afternoon. Thats one of the first things well notice as far as the change is concerned. Breezy for the afternoon. Inland temperature, 82 degrees for the daytime high. Thats coming in seven to ten degrees cooler today for the tri valley and concord. A couple of degree drop. Back with more in a few minutes. Toward the end of the sevenday forecast is a warmup. See you in a few. And the governor says he has a commitment from President Trump to help earthquake Recovery Efforts in San Bernardino and kern counties. Two major quakes were centered near the city of ri