so the ellis island of the west coast was angel island, only the dynamics were somewhat inverted . it's a fairly small percentage of the people who were arriving from europe through new york to ellis island were actually detained at ellis island. it was mostly the inverse and angel island and i forget off the top of my head the exact numbers but that data is in the book, so you will get there eventually but angel island is right in the middle of sanfrancisco harbor . and it was developed in response to the fact that for about the first hundred years of the country's history the federal government really didn't deal with immigration, was a creating immigration law that changed in the 19th century when we started to see a backlash of lyrical racist backlash against chinese migrants and eventually that resulted in congress starting to make it more difficult for chinese migrants to come to the united states, culminating in the chinese exclusion act which is the only federal law to ever explicitly reference a particular national origin group in its title, right when it's excluding peopl

in 1890, president harrison establishes ellis island.verall, what is happening in the country that necessitated these changes? dr. kraut: immigration is a matter of pushes and pulls. that is, those who are going to be on the move are pushed by certain circumstances in their home countries, by poverty, by oppression, by religious discrimination and pulled by the promise of freedom, by the promise of economic opportunity and so on. if we think of these pushes and pulls, that is what pushed the irish and pushed folks from the german states and scandinavians out of their countries in the pre- civil war period, and pulled them towards the united states, the promise of opportunity and greater freedom and so on. those forces were moving east into southern and eastern europe. the flow of migration to the united states was beginning to change in the 1880's, and while it was still germans coming and still folks from central europe, increasingly, there were folks coming from southern and eastern europe, where we had never gotten significant migrati

only a short distance away is ellis island for new immigrants from europe it became known as both an island of hope and an island of tears. europe was suffering from hunger and political and economic on rest during the 19th century 52000000 people left the continent in many cases their home countries helped support the emigration of entire families to help alleviate poverty back home. the mass immigration required organized collection points on the european side of the atlantic. many people departed from hamburg. after a devastating fire in $842.00 the port city was rebuilt. the harbor was massively expanded as were the shipyards hamburg became a gateway to the world. while sailing ships used to need 2 months to cross the atlantic by the late 19th century modern steamships made the journey in just 2 weeks. a growing number of migrants were now arriving from eastern europe and the balkans the hamburg america shipping line built a camp for them on the outskirts of the city passengers had to endure a 14 day quarantine this prevented the outbreak of diseases on board the ships which could

and i'm on a boat heading to the statue of liberty and ellis island national museum of immigration. the mood is cheerful. a father explains to his children had their great, great grandfather came to the united states a century ago from austria. an african-american family records of video. everyone excited to see the statue of liberty? the mother asks. the kids jump up and down and yelled yes. i'm trying to share in this patriotic celebration of ellis island, a place that serves as a symbol of america's welcome to immigrants here but i keep thinking about another message i heard that day, the 2016 republican national convention has just ended and that gop platform put forward by donald trump was one of pure xenophobia. ever since launching his presidential campaign, trump has pledged to beef up border security, and muslim immigrants, the port 11 million undocumented people living in the united states, and build a massive wall along the countries southern border with mexico. not that he was the official republican presidential nominee, his extreme views were being repeated by a growin

we learn abou a different ellis island used by american slaves to escape to freedom.has the tory. >>the ellis island new yk was the gateway to freedom for millions of european immiants. they fled poverty and oppression for a chance to achievthe amican dream. well one noted historian says there was another ellis island for african-americans and 1619. >>should with about 20 african captives comes into the chesapee when ends at fort which was then lled for algernon really started with 3 very brave young man frank baker james town soon to an shepard mallory who re enslaved men in the hampton roads areawhich they had been conscripted unforced basically is providing leader for the coederate army of this case and big changes for presenting themselves o the union centuries and asked to be shelteed shortly after baker townson and mallory made their way through those gates. >>and were given asylum here at fort monroe. the word spread like wildfire and within months.undreds of escap slaves made their way to the fore and we're also given asylum they were declared contraband of wa

in the ellis island cafÉ, however, they take a different inspiration.the freedom burger comes with two patties and the angus with just one so if you love your freedom you must also love your beef. [laughter] between the gift shop i ordered a salad so clearly not american. between the gift shop and cafÉ, things we can diagnose immigrant and all-american identities that happily coexist. but i know that it is not that simple. i'm struggling to figure out how the two americas is it together. it marked one of the moments that began to write this book. another one was the morning afteofthe 2016 presidential ele. i was teaching a class in immigration history at the university of minnesota, and after a night of not so much a sleeping i threw out my lesson plans and i hunkered down with my students many of whom are first generation. they shared with me their fears of being deported and being separated from their families and being victims of hate crimes. one was i think what many of us were asking how could this happen, how could voters elect an explicitly racis

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ellis island was closed already, f germany and we were all quarantined. we we all had to line up and got injected with everything. i think it was like tetanus, diphtheria and other things, without question. moving off to the polio situation, i grew up in a very poor neighborhood. no questions asked, one day we were lined up and we all got injected without parental permission or anything else. host: ok, thank you. guest: a number of points there. memory andas the analysis of hiv coming into your community. i think that you raised a really good point around sometimes the fear and uncertainty,good pointw diseases -- uncertainty, it could be many things, but the uncertainty around new diseases. we did not know a lot when it was discovered. but in these cases we know much more about new diseases much more quickly than in the old days. andave better communication new tools. there is a default presumption that information needs to be delivered to the public as quickly as it is known by the and new tools. government. it is not always perfect, but it does flow mor

with the memory in my heart of the young man who arrived at ellis island. here tonight. he would be very proud of his son. >> i was very emotional. when he talked about his father and how -- how proud he would have been of him. >> and it would have been great to have him there so -- >> i accept your nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> dukakis chooses senator lloyd bentsen, the workers' friend as his running mate. >> that night, my dad's path to the presidency was as clear as it had ever been. >> this was going to be a competitive race, no question about it. but it was imminently winnable. >> governor dukakis leading vice president bush, 50% to 40%. two weeks ago this is the way it looked. >> mr. vice president -- >> lee atwater said we know he's got a big lead, but get his negatives up to about 48% and then we'll see how he's doing. >> he is for raising taxes, big spending, soft on crime. >> we're going to strip the bark off the little bastard. (coughing) need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel sites and filters by cab

applause] whether our ancestors came here on the mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to ellis island or lax in los angeles, whether they came yesterday or walked this land a thousand years ago, our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be one america. we can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as one america. you know, barely more than 300 days from now, we will cross that bridge into the new millennium. this is a moment, as the first lady has said, "to honor the past and imagine the future." i'd like to take just a minute to honor her. for leading our millennium project, for all she's done for our children, for all she has done in her historic role to serve our nation and our best ideals at home and abroad, i honor her. [applause] [applause] last year, i called on congress and every citizen to mark the millennium by saving america's treasures. hillary has traveled all across the country to inspire recognition and support for saving places like thomas edison's invention factory or harriet tubman's home. now we have to preserve our treasures in every

as a young refugee who came over on a vote and came straight to ellis island. so i was like alright i love the media. [applause] >> thank you secretary mick carthy, thanks to all of you for joining us. have a good night. [background noises] >> they believed in what they it was but they were never enemies, they were friends. and they would walk off the floor how many times to be see them slap each other's back and go laughing all the way off the floor. it's a different time and i'm sad about that. >> vicki heidi remember? >> john himself said he didn't like teddy very much when he first met him. he said you know i really, maybe saw a lot of myself in him. he grew to respect him. they were both on the armed services committee and he saw in teddy and teddy saw and john real patriotism. love of this country. and even though they came at her from a different place, they both knew that they cared about the country and they loved it. they just developed a bond. and they found these little negative common ground where they could work together. >> tonight on c-span cind

when my grandpa came through ellis island he was told they have a quota on swiss immigrants. he went to canada for one week and then he came through to michigan and then wisconsin and he lived as an unregistered alien for most of his life. when he finally registered come he decided to apply for citizenship and then they found out what he did. they said it was ok. i still have that photo of him getting citizenship right before we went into world war ii with a little bowtie on. inc. of what would happen to him today with this administration. that is what drives me to pass immigration -- comprehensive immigration reform. before you today as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, as the daughter of a teacher and a writer and as a candidate for the president of the united states. that is because, and no one knows this better than this great state, because we live in a country of shared dreams. no matter where you come from, or who you know, or the color of your skin, or where you were or who you love come you can make it in the united states of america. during that impeachment tr

we have so much more we of gettysburg, promontory summit, ellis island, hero jima, west berlin, selmaozens of other places that serve as markers for the progress of the american spirit. we cannot draw effectively on history we've forgotten or worse, have never known at all. such comprehensive ignorance such abject erasure of the past is no longer a hypothetical danger but a clear and present one. in that sense, i hope that land of hope can be a small but helpful conservation to the much larger project of national restoration. and i think you. [applause] >> the delegator's and their. [laughter] thank you very much will. wonderful overview of the book. it's stressed fantastically what also jumps up from book itself which is a sense that our history can be a resource of unity. i wanted to start by asking you about that in particular. there is a way in which our politics now is using history as a source of division, whether that's to describe the american story as rooted in sin so an expression of oppression or really whether it's to draw out of the american story, proof that the other si

when my grandpa came to ellis island, they told him there was a quota on swiss immigrants. he said i will go to canada. he went to canada for one week and then he came through to michigan and wisconsin and he lived as an unregistered alien for most of his life. hen he finally registered, applied for citizenship and they found out what he did. and they said it was ok. i still have that picture of him getting citizenship before we went into world war ii, with a little bowtie on. think about what happened -- what would happen to him today, with this administration. that is what drives me to pass comprehensive immigration reform. i stand before you today, as the granddaughter of an iron or minor. andhe daughter of a teacher newspaperman. as the first woman elected to the u.s. senate in the state of minnesota and i candidate for the president of the united states! -- a candidate for the president of the united states! that is because we live in a country of shared dreams. no matter where you come from or who you know, or the color of your skin, or how much money you have, or whe

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ellis island was closed already, f germany and we were all quarantined.we all had to line up and got injected with everything. i think it was like tetanus, diphtheria and other things, without question. moving off to the polio situation, i grew up in a very poor neighborhood. no questions asked, one day we were lined up and we all got injected without parental permission or anything else. host: ok, thank you. guest: a number of points there. memory andas the analysis of hiv coming into your community. i think that you raised a really good point around sometimes the fear and uncertainty,good pointw diseases -- uncertainty, it could be many things, but the uncertainty around new diseases. we did not know a lot when it was discovered. but in these cases we know much more about new diseases much more quickly than in the old days. andave better communication new tools. there is a default presumption that information needs to be delivered to the public as quickly as it is known by the and new tools. government. it is not always perfect, but it does flow more ra

of your grandfather -- >> you have frequently told the story of your grandfather who arrived at ellis island who spoke no english. you speak probably of that story. under this role, based on your own telling of the story, your grandfather would have been turned away. are you proud of this public policy? >> my grandfather worked his way -- >> would he have had access to health care under this policy? sec. azar: he would not have asked for it because he wanted to make his own way. >> you are proud of this policy? sec. azar: i am proud of my grandfather. dr. fauci: that is not -- >> that is not the question. sec. azar: the american people do not support the idea that people should be coming to this country -- people withoutf health care has risen. sec. azar: the numbers on the uninsured require a bit more depth than that. aca,is happening is the most of the growth is because the aca priced individuals out of the individual market. that theu aware percentage of uninsured children rose by .6% under your leadership? in terms of children and coverage, we have reauthorized that for a long period of