in_the_media

July 29, 2010


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Trenton, N.J., is one of the cities in the United States with the highest proportion of immigrants. Philip Yannella of Temple's College of Liberal Arts joined the set of "News at Six" to discuss the history of immigration in the U.S. "There is no country without immigration," Yannella said. "Everyone here, including Native Americans, is an immigrant. We had an open immigration policy for much of our history. It started changing in the late 19th century. There were severe restrictions in the 1920s, and it opened up again in the 1960s."