Julia rose, who is both a lawyer and a historian. She received her va from Columbia University ended her ph. D. From New York university. A lot agrees from the american universitys Washington College of law. She is the inaugural judith s Kate Fellow for the historical society in New York. And today we will be talking about her new book, threat of dissent a history of ideological Exclusion Deportation in the United States. It was published this past july by Harvard University press. Juliet will begin by telling us about the book and then we will begin a conversation. Julia . The screen is yours. Great. Well, im delighted to join you. Thank you so much for inviting me to talk a little bit about the threat of descent. I think when i will do is start with talking a little bit about my arguments as well as some highlights in the book. So, threat of descent is a legal, political and social history of the threat of the expulsion and barring of foreign non citizens from the United States based
Congress is all up in arms and J Edgar Hoover is upset and they change the law. Congress passes the alien Registration Act of 1940, also known as a smith act, and it changes the law to provide for deportation for past membership. It is targeting harry. And so there is another hearing and another case and a supreme Court Decision and bridges and the supreme court says he was never a member of the communist party or affiliated with the communist party. So the attempt to deport harry bridges is dashed once again. The government is determined to try to get harry bridges out of the country. All though bridges becomes a citizens after he wins, after the victory for Carol Weiss King and bridges in the 1940s, the government tries to denaturalize him and attempts to deport him once again and those fail. So it takes a lot out of harry bridges. Its a long story but a important one in terms of the history of ideological Exclusion And Deportation in the United States. Lets move forward in time. I c
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