How did a nation of immigrants come to hate immigration? We start at the beginning, sort through the evidence, and explain why your grandfather was lying about Ellis Island. (Part one of <a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/the-true-story-of-americas-supremely-messed-up-immigration-system/">a three-part series</a>.) <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://lboustan.scholar.princeton.edu/">Leah Boustan</a>, professor of economics at Princeton University.</li><li><a href="http://zekehernandez.net">Zeke Hernandez</a>, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.</li><li><a href="https://candler.emory.edu/faculty-profiles/roger-s-nam/">Roger Nam</a>, professor of Hebrew Bible at Emory University.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/43k5D1s">The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers</a>, by Zeke Hernandez (2024, available for pre-order).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.nber.org/papers/w31730">The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century</a>," by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Platt Boustan, Peter Catron, Dylan Connor, and Rob Voigt (NBER Working Paper, 2023).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/48XSwE6">Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success</a>, by Leah Boustan and Ran Abramitzky (2022).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much/583252/">If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will</a>," by David Frum (The Atlantic, 2019).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/is-migration-a-basic-human-right/">Is Migration a Basic Human Right?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2015).</li><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/who-are-the-most-successful-immigrants-in-the-world/">Who Are the Most Successful Immigrants in the World?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2013).</li></ul></li></ul>

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580. The True Story of America’s Supremely Messed-Up Immigration System

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