The Center for
the Study of Democratic
Institutions Audio Archive
Immigration
Program 760: Illegal Immigration and National Policy
The Center's Otis L. Graham, Jr. examines the extent and character of the problem of illegal immigration, and the response...
Program 761: Immigration: Retrospection and Reflection
A discussion of immigration into the United States, particularly from Mexico, spanning from the early part of the twentieth century...
Program 762: The Impact of Illegal Immigration
In this panel discussion, two sides of the issue of illegal immigration are discussed; the perceived urgency of the problem...
Program 763: The Demographic Implications of Illegal Immigration
Conference participants debate the controversial idea that the United States should tie aid to immigrant-supplying nations to provisions that...
Program 764: The Illegal Alien and Amnesty
A discussion of the Carter administration's proposed legislation for dealing with the illegal immigration problem through a call for limited...
Program 765: The Case for Restricted Immigration
Garrett Hardin, of the University of California Santa Barbara, argues for restricted immigration on the grounds that it is imperative...
Program 766: The Case for a Liberal Immigration Policy
Jorge A. Bustamante, of Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, contends that it is misleading to discuss immigration in terms...
Program 767: The Immigration Debate: The Idealists vs. the Realists
John Higham, of Johns Hopkins University, explains how current discussion about immigration policy merely recapitulates the same dynamic that has...
Program 768: Illegal Immigration: The Ethical Questions
Otis L. Graham, Jr. summarizes the ethical concerns underlying the widely differing viewpoints of the conference participants, and raises some...
Program 769: Illegal Immigration and Development Aid
Ronald M. Green, of Dartmouth College, argues that the United States must not make economic aid to countries within close...
Program 770: Illegal Immigration: The View from Mexico and Canada
Marcos Manuel Suarez, head of the Mexican Department of Labor, and Ivan M. Timonin, of the Canadian Employment and Immigration...
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CSDI Audio Archive Information
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.
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