the united states immigration commission, also known as the billingham commission, after senator williamof vermont, was formed by congress in 1907 at a time when a large influx of immigrants was seen by many as a national crisis. the joint house and senate effort issued an influential 41 volume report on their findings in 1911. next, catherine benson-: discusses her book on the -- benton-cohen discusses her book. the history center cohosted this 90 minute event. >> we will get started. welcome, everyone. welcome to this installment of ,he washington history seminar which, as many of you are aware, is a joint venture of the national history center and the historywilson center's pu

what is your reaction to zoe billingham's report today? it is nothing new.rt that said there was nojoined up working relationships between all the stakeholders — that's the mental health and london ambulance service and the police at the time. and that inquest was six years ago. the inquest was six years ago. so, what actually has changed since then? this is a report which i'm not disagreeing with at all. what we need is implementation and action and not another report saying what we have known for the last six years, at least in my brother's case. john, what kind of action is needed? immediate, andl john, what kind of action is needed? immediate, and i share the views, i welcome the report because i think it validates what i and many others in policing have been saying for a numberof in policing have been saying for a number of years. let's be clear, since the events such as the death of sean, police awareness of mental health has been improved dramatically and are working with the medical professionals is much better. but for far too many cases the medical

sarah in billingham, what would you like to ask the prime minister?you think you'll get your brexit plan through parliament? if it is watered down, what is your plan b? first of all, thank you for asking that question. that's what a lot of people have been focusing on, the question of parliament. in a sense, there are two conversations going on at the moment. in parliament, there is a lot of focus on who will vote for the deal or not, and i think outside people are thinking, actually, let's make sure we can get this through and get on in delivering. myjob is to persuade people, i believe this is the right deal for the uk, myjob is to persuade the people in parliament to, you know, of that view. thejob of an mp is, when they come to look at voting for this deal, to say to themselves, does it deliver on what people voted for? i believe it does, and secondly, what do we need to focus on for constituents, for people up and down the country? people's jobs, people's futures, the future of their children should be at the forefront of mp's minds. sarah, do yo

the first question came from sarah in billingham.o parliament, and if it is watered down what is the plan be? first of all, thank you for asking that question. that's what people have been focusing on. in a sense there are two conversations going on at the moment, in parliament this focus on who would vote for the deal, or not. and outside people are thinking, actually, let's get this through and get on delivering. my job is to persuade people. i believe this is the right deal for the uk. myjob is to persuade people in parliament of that view. i think the job ofan parliament of that view. i think the job of an mp is actually, when they come to look at voting for this deal, to say to themselves, does it deliver on what people voted for? i believe it does. secondly, what do we need to focus on four people up and down the country. people'sjobs, people's futures, should be at the forefront of everybody's minds. sarah, do you want to add to that? thank you for the response, i do actually hope it gets to parliament, i don't want there to b

zoe billingham is her majesty's inspector of constbularies and says the police aren't the right people a response from health practitioners, doctors and nurses. the police most often go out and find people when they are in crisis and a danger to themselves or to others, but then themselves or to others, but then the police need to be able to make sure that those people can be put into a place of safety and properly looked after in a health care setting. it is simply not right that people who are all are being held in the back of police cars and in police cells until hospital beds are available. the police to a greatjob in very difficult circumstances, but the system needs to be fixed. lord adebowale is the chief executive of the health and social care enterprise turning point. he explains the system's weakness. when you ring 999, if there is someone in crisis with the mental health issue, if you said 0rissa a policeman present, the ambulance algorithm will reduce your urgency, so the police are then left having to deal with the situation without the ambulance response and without the a

the first question came from caller sarah in billingham.ks very much for asking that question. that is what a lot of people have been focusing on, the question of parliament. in a sense, i think there's two conversations going on at the moment. in parliament, there's a lot of focus on who's going to vote for the deal or not. i think outside, people are thinking, let's make sure we can get this through and get on and delivering. myjob is to persuade people, i believe this is the right deal for the uk. myjob is to persuade people in parliament of that view. i think, the job of the mp, when they come to voting for this deal, to say to themselves, does it deliver on what people voted for? i believe it does. secondly, what do we need to focus on for our constituents? people up and down the country. i believe people'sjobs, peoples futures, the future of their children should be at the forefront of mps minds. sarah, is there anything you want to add to that? erm... thanks for the response. i do actually hope it goes through parliament is because i

the first question came from caller sarah in billingham.much by asking that question because that is what a lot of people have been focusing on, the question of parliament and in a sense, i think there are two conversations going on in the moment. in parliament there is a lot of focus on who is going to vote for the deal and not and i think outside, people are thinking, actually, let‘s make sure we can get this through and get on and get delivering. myjob is to persuade people, i believe this is the right dealfor the uk, my deal is to persuade people in parliament to... of that view i think thejob of an mp is actually when they come to look at voting with this deal, to actually say to themselves does it deliver on what people voted for? i believe it does. and secondly, what do we need to focus on for our constituents, people up and down the country? and i believe people‘sjobs, people futures, the future for their children, should be at the forefront of mps minds. sarah, is there anything you want to add to that? thanks for the response, i d