Becoming American: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work

This program looks at the economic side of immigration chronicling the essential part immigrant labor has played in building America as well as the conflicted relationship American workers have had with immigrants. This screening of the first episode of the Destination America series "The Golden Door " focuses on three groups' histories of immigration to America looking at their reasons for emigrating where they settled and what kinds of work they contributed. Discussion afterwards will be moderated by Professor Olga Herrera.