US: 250 Years Later – Part 71: Immigrants/Immigration
America has argued about immigration almost since its beginning, which is a curious habit for a nation built by arrivals. From colonial ports and forced migrations to Ellis Island and modern border debates, the story of immigration has always carried hope, fear, labor, contradiction, and questions about identity itself. Two hundred fifty years later, perhaps the deepest question remains unsettled: who gets to belong here?
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