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DESCRIPTION:Special Public Dialogue Session with Reception\n \nDavid Wilson: The 
 Politics of Immigration-\nQuestions and Answers\n\nIn the spring of 2006, a 
 tidal wave of resistance was triggered by HR4437, a bill conceived and 
 designed to punish unauthorized immigrants. Millions of immigrants, 
 students and supporters staged walkouts, slowdowns, and demonstrations, 
 while untold others observed a national consumer boycott to demonstrate 
 their solidarity.     \nThis unprecedented show of force, and the ensuing 
 anti-immigration backlash--in the form of punitive raids, detentions, 
 threats and promises of tougher legislation--pushed the topic of 
 immigration to the front and center of U.S. politics.\nPolls show the 
 public increasingly divided, with the debate framed as a choice between 
 "deport them all" and "give everyone amnesty." But dialogue is possible as 
 we dig deeper. Why are people leaving their homes? Why are they coming 
 here? What is the impact of our current enforcement policies? What kinds of 
 alternatives exist? \nAs part of a series of public dialogue sessions being 
 held across the nation, David Wilson, co-author (with Jane Guskin) of The 
 Politics of Immigration,  will facilitate a public discussion to analyze 
 the issues around immigrants and immigration: to look at the facts and 
 myths around immigration, the arguments in favor of a rational policy, how 
 to connect this information to people's own experiences, and how to help 
 them respond more effectively to the misconceptions and mischief being 
 spread by politicians, pundits and the media. \n \nDavid L. Wilson  is a 
 co-editor, with Jane Guskin, of Weekly News Update on the Americas; he has 
 contributed articles on Latin American issues to Monthly Review, Extra!, 
 and New York's El Diario-La Prensa.He and Guskin coauthored  The Politics 
 of Immigration, released in July by Monthly Review Press; it is now in a 
 second printing. The authors were  recently interviewed on KPFA's Against 
 the Grain.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/22/18455404.php
SUMMARY:The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers
LOCATION:Institute for the Critical Study of Society/Niebyl Proctor Library\n6501 
 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/22/18455404.php
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