Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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30 Issues | America's Immigration Story
Around 20 million immigrants came in through New York City from the 1850s to the early 1920s. Today, 40 percent of Americans have at least one ancestor who came in through Ellis Island, according to history.com.
We take a look at the history through audio clips and Tom Gjelten, NPR religion correspondent and the author of A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story (Simon & Schuster, 2015), assesses the impact of post-1965 immigration on U.S. demographics and politics.