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America Debates Immigration Policy

June 22, 2006

The United States is a nation of immigrants. In the 19th and early 20th century America’s immigrant population was primarily European. In recent decades, immigrants coming to America are increasingly from Latin America and Asia. Now Congress and the President are debating how the nation should handle the immigration issue. Do we really need a fence along the Mexican border? Is a guest worker program a viable solution to the millions of immigrants who seek work in the US? Should we offer amnesty to illegal immigrants already in the country working and raising families? The speakers listed below can discuss these controversial questions.

Julie Chavez Rodriguez
Programs Director for the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
Ruben Navarrette
Syndicated Columnist and Author
Betty Nguyen
Barrier-Breaking CNN Anchor
Edward James Olmos
Actor, Producer, Director, and Community Activist
Ray Suarez
Author and Senior Correspondent for The NewsHour



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