In the Shadow of Liberty with Ana Raquel Minian

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

You hear on the news about immigration chaos in the United States, but what can be done to address the systemic issues, and the very real concerns of Americans? What was the driving force of the exclusion of some immigrant groups? And how has immigration changed over the years? Sharon McMahon is joined by author and expert, Ana Raquel Minian, to discuss her new book, In the Shadow of Liberty. Together, they dive into the history of immigration so we can better understand how to move forward.

Special thanks to our guest, Ana Raquel Minian, for joining us today.

Host: Sharon McMahon

Audio Producer: Mike Voulgaris

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0:00.0	Here's where it gets interesting is now available ad free.
0:05.0	Head to Sharon McMahon.com slash ad free to subscribe today. Hello friends, welcome, delighted to have you with me today.
0:18.8	My guest is Anawakal Minion, who has written a book called In the Shadow of Liberty, which is about the history of immigration in the United States.
0:27.0	Listen, I know immigration is top of mind for many Americans for a variety of reasons, and in order to address very real concerns that
0:36.9	Americans have we need to better understand how we got where we are.
0:42.8	And so that's what I hope this conversation will help us do.
0:46.2	Understand better how we got to the system that we currently have.
0:50.2	So let's dive in.
0:52.2	I'm Sharon McMahon and here's where it gets interesting.
0:57.0	I am very excited to be speaking with you today. I'm really grateful for your time and I found
1:05.0	your book so helpful in better understanding the history of immigration in the
1:10.5	United States because in order to understand the present we need to understand the past we need to understand how we got here and that's why I really appreciate your work and your time so thank you for being here.
1:21.3	Thank you so much for inviting me. I would love to start with just some really foundational questions
1:28.8	because people tend to think that immigration has two time phases in the United States.
1:35.6	Number one, Ellis Island. Number two people entering the United States illegally from Mexico. Of course that's not actually true.
1:45.2	I would love to hear more about what was immigration like during my favorite historic time period
1:49.9	back in the day.
1:51.9	What was it like back in the date of let's say a mid 19th century?
1:58.8	So what's interesting about back in the day and the cases that you brought up is that nowadays we
2:05.5	consider unauthorized migration like you said to be very much linked to the
2:11.1	entrance of Mexican Central Central Americans, and others across the US-Mexico border.
2:16.2	But the real concern around immigration and immigrants who are coming to the United States
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