Jack Tchen

New York University

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Jack Tchen on KCRW

Donald Trump is right about one thing.  Calls for banning racial or ethnic groups from the country are nothing new.  Imagine a travel and immigration ban against immigrants from the…

The History Lessons of Xenophobia

Donald Trump is right about one thing.  Calls for banning racial or ethnic groups from the country are nothing new.  Imagine a travel and immigration ban against immigrants from the…

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Nobody expected it, but the Immigration Act of 1965 quadrupled the number of new arrivals, increasing the population by 59 million people.

America Really Is a Melting Pot, After All

Nobody expected it, but the Immigration Act of 1965 quadrupled the number of new arrivals, increasing the population by 59 million people.

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