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University of Minnesota professor Erika Lee talks about Asian immigration to the West coast from 1830 to 1930, including the role of San Francisco Bay’s Angel Island in the 20th century. She…

Erika Lee, director of the Immigration History Center at the University of Minnesota, looked at xenophobia throughout American history.

Panelists talked about the history of the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, which changed U.S. immigration policy from a quota system to one that focused on an immigrant’s skills and family relationship…

Vincent Cannato and Erika Lee talked about Angel Island and Ellis Island. Angel Island served as the main debarkation point for immigrants to the United States' West Coast from 1910 to 1940 …

Panelists talked about the history of Immigration in the American West. They examined the immigration stories of Asians, Hispanics, Europeans and others, and discuss the reasons why those gr…