Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: American Attitudes Toward Immigration Featuring Tim Kane

The Road ahead for Immigration.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsOctober 9, 2017
Area 45: American Attitudes Toward Immigration Featuring Tim Kane
Recorded on September 28, 2017
 
As Congress and the White House wrestle over immigration reform—funding for a border wall, protecting Dreamers—what is the public’s attitude? Timothy Kane, the Hoover Institution’s J. P Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies, highlights the findings of a new Hoover/YouGov survey on immigration and which policy ideas enjoy consensus approval.
 
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Timothy Kane

Timothy Kane

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

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