Looking Back to Look Forward: Immigration
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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This is part of a special series designed to help the public examine important topics that the top presidential candidates are talking about, and compare what was said and done by past presidents and administrations. In this installment, we look at immigration. We use contemporary campaign tape from the Republican and Democratic nominees, as well as archival presidential tape going back decades. We also invite a diverse group of voters into our studios to listen to the tape we gathered, then fold their reactions and reflections into the story.
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This is part of a special series designed to help the public examine important topics that the top presidential candidates are talking about, and compare what was said and done by past presidents and administrations. In this installment, we look at immigration. We use contemporary campaign tape from the Republican and Democratic nominees, as well as archival presidential tape going back decades. We also invite a diverse group of voters into our studios to listen to the tape we gathered, then fold their reactions and reflections into the story.
Broadcast History
Aired Oct. 7, 2008 on KPLU, in Western Washington State
Transcript
Whether it?s the fresh fruit you bought at the grocery store or that new software you just downloaded for your computer, immigrants probably had something to do with it. Immigrants are one of the major engines that keep the United States running, with physical labor and brain power. And unless the system is reformed, affordable food and new technology are just a few of the things that could be in jeopardy. In our continuing election series, ?Looking Back to Look Forward,? KPLU?s Jennifer Wing examines some of the surprising twists and turns of immigration reform in the United States and what John McCain and Barack Obama promise to do if they?re elected.
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