How Did It Come To This? The Evolution Of Immigration

Published: June 22, 2018, 9:30 a.m.

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It might seem like America\\u2019s massive immigration system has always been around. But it hasn\\u2019t.\\xa0Indeed, up until the early 20th century, America\\u2019s immigration system was so different it would be unrecognizable from a modern perspective. For the backstory of how the U.S. has approached immigration, we talk with Katherine Benton-Cohen, an associate professor at Georgetown and author of \\u201cInventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and Its Legacy.\\u201d

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