[applause] [inaudible conversations] who is isis, what do they believe, why are they so violent . All those questions are important and i address them in the book. Whats more important because of something we can do something about, is what is the u. S. Policy regarding isis . Why isnt working . Can we go to war against terrorism . I registering the war wrong or is it wrong to say there should be a war against terrorism at all . I think those are the questions that in some ways of the most important and it will be the most useful. At this years Annapolis Book festival former bush attorney general Alberto Gonzalez and his true professor sub ive discuss immigration policy. They both have written books about immigration or foreign. This is 40 minutes. Welcome to you all. I am the moderator. My name is pam constable. Im a reporter for the washington post. I cover immigration and International Issues and on a very brief personal note my very first job was at the Annapolis Capital and i will
So to be three years old to satellite those people because they had uniforms so every time i have to take them out of my office because the kids were so scared they were shaking. So with that impact that naturally to think about yes but they have the disease it breaks my heart there is so much to do to say yes she is an immigrant but they have a very different view. I am sorry to put you on the spot to rehab your permission to dramatize some of these stories . Some other writers here. If i can be the star. [laughter] but they think they make interesting big debts civic that is fine. Just put my name on it. So i have your permission we have to have your publishers agree or you have to give assure material. Tsa churches in colorado had a of a drama from by a book i never saw it in person. I was with that border Justice Group of the dreamers. Was at the greyhound station that night. As assistant professor of education i was also a documented in the current but immigrant but what struck me
Small bombings in europe and United States to make whatever point they had and the problem was they did not have a what they were doing. Alqaeda didnt really have a point. Unless you want to believe that they want a global caliphate. But its such a fantasy world that they have lived in that they didnt, i think its fair to say they didnt have a real political strategic aim in anything that they were doing. And so i think to look at it in those terms it makes it easy to understand all they were really trying to do in real terms is provoke us. And they did a damn good job of that. And thats why i think the response that weve had to this has been far worse from our point of view than what the original attack was. Because we have transformed our society in response to a group that never really represented a serious threat to us in any meaningful way. And they were like the anarchists in which common meaning they could inflict small attacks and they could kill some people, but there was no g
Internationalgr issues. And on a very brief personal note, my very, very first job was at the annapolis evening capital, and ill even tell you the year, 1974. Now you know. [laughter] [applause] been all uphill ever since. We have very little time this morning, only 45 minutes so im going to speak quickly and i hope everyone else will be brief. I would like to introduce my two guests here, our two authors starting on my far left, Aviva Chomsky is a professor of history and coordinator of latin american studies at Salem State University in massachusetts. Her new book, undocumented how immigration became illegal, is a comprehensive and provocative look at the history contradictions and shifts in u. S. Immigration policy ooh ive lost my page. And how it has both lured and punished the illegal immigrant population. Her previous book on the topic was they take our jobs and 20 other myths about immigration. She is also coauthor of a study of the history of cuba and the castro revolution. To
Reporter for the Washington Post and i cover immigration and so on international issues. On a very brave person although my very, very first job was at the annapolis evening capital 1974. Now you know,. [laughter] it is all uphill ever since. [laughter] we have very little time this morning. Only 45 minutes so i will speak quickly and i hope everybody else will be brief i will introduce my to gas, the two authors starting on my left, a professor of history and coordinator of latin american studies at Salem State University in massachusetts. Her book undocumented. Is a comprehensive ban provocative look at the history and chefs of immigration policy. And how it has blurred and punished the population it was called they take our jobs and 20 other mess and also the history of cuba and the castro revolution to my left is Alberto Gonzalez former attorney general anne white House Counsel under president george to be bush. In his job he became the highestranking hispanic to hold the federal o