URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/2413
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  Immigration Panel
Item Title Immigration Panel
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Beck, Roy Howard
Speaker Frye, Hope M.
Speaker Shanks, Thomas
Speaker Bachman, Sarah
Speaker Wing, Yeling
Date Created June 14, 1996
Description Sarah Bachman, San Jose Mercury News moderates. Roy Beck speaks about the implications of an expanding population on the environment and individual liberties. Hope Frye speaks about the lack of practical leadership, saying America is repeating history, citing the talking points just before World War II. Father Tom Shanks speaks about the values the immigration debate brings out. He points out that society is starting to believe compassion and reason are mutually exclusive. Yeling (sp?) Wing speaks about the implication of immigration on the economy, schools, and social services. She argues the increasing population is harming existing natives, particularly minorities, and previous immigrants. All the panelists focus on legal immigration.
Subject(s) Economic conditions United States Race relations Immigrants Race discrimination
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded California, United States
Dimensions Duration: 1 hr, 35 minutes, 51 seconds
Format Sound Recording
Medium panels (meetings)
Hoover ID Program 19960614im; 2003c87_a_0006989
Record Number 2003C87.2102
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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