Today's immigration policies echo an anti-immigration movement 25 years ago in California.

Exploring the Recent History of U.S. Immigration Backlashes Retro Report on PBS

Premiered October 28, 2019
Exploring the Recent History of U.S. Immigration Backlashes

Immigration policy has exposed the sharp divisions of the Trump era more clearly than any other issue. The controversies echo an anti-immigration movement 25 years ago in California.

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Retro Report on PBS

Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.

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