For reasons that are both complicated and simplistic, immigration has become the issues of our time. Fifty years ago the passage of the Immigration and Naturalization Act put in place the system we have today. That system has helped make us a nation of of immigrants and set the stage for the diverse Asian/American population in the US today.
Erika Lee takes us through the history of that population in The Making of Asian America: A History
My conversation with Erika Lee: