[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":75},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-aliens-in-america":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":22,"excerpt":28,"content":29,"transcript":24,"transcript_file":24,"audio":30,"resources":34,"segments":39},275,"aliens-in-america","“Aliens” in America","",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1223893052,"10.13.08","Oct 13, 2008","October 13, 2008",[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21],"illegal immigration","immigrants","immigration","immigration policy","immigration reform","immigration restrictions","nativism","undocumented immigrants",{"src":23,"caption":24,"derivatives":25},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Faliens-in-america\u002FAliens.jpg",null,{"square_small":26,"square_medium":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Faliens-in-america\u002Fsquare_small\u002FAliens.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Faliens-in-america\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FAliens.jpg","In a country populated by immigrants, why are Americans so wary of newcomers? What’s the difference between the nativism of the early Republic and and the anti-immigrant sentiment on talk radio today? How do we draw the line between “us” and “them?” Historian Mae Ngai explains that the door slammed shut in the the 1920s. [...]","\u003Cp>In a country populated by immigrants, why are Americans so wary of newcomers? What’s the difference between the nativism of the early Republic and and the anti-immigrant sentiment on talk radio today? How do we draw the line between “us” and “them?” Historian Mae Ngai explains that the door slammed shut in the the 1920s. Frank Morris of the Center for Immigration Studies discusses historic tensions between immigrant laborers and African-Americans. And immigration lawyer Stan Braverman says that inscrutable legislation passed in the 1990s has taken the fun out of the job.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"url":31,"duration":32,"formatted_duration":33},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Faliens-frominner-space-outsiders-in-america.mp3","3179","00:52:59",[35],{"title":36,"content":37,"files":38},"Related Links","\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fpress.princeton.edu\u002Fchapters\u002Fi7633.html\">Read\u003C\u002Fa> the introduction of Mae Ngai’s book.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fhnn.us\u002Farticles\u002F49469.html\">What’s the difference\u003C\u002Fa> between immigration now and 100 years ago?\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cis.org\u002FAfricanAmericanPoliticalPower-Immigration\">Learn more\u003C\u002Fa> about the conflicts between African-Americans and recent immigrants.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n",[],[40,57],{"index":41,"title":42,"description":43,"audio":44,"tags":48,"transcript":24,"episode":52},0,"Open Doors, Back Doors","\u003Cp>In a country populated by immigrants, why are Americans so wary of newcomers? Historian Mae Ngai explains that the door slammed shut in the the 1920s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":45,"duration":46,"formatted_duration":47},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Faliens-frominner-space-outsiders-in-america\u002Faliens-frominner-space-outsiders-in-america-01.mp3","481","00:08:01",[49,17,50,19,51,20],"Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act)","immigration quotas","inclusion\u002Fexclusion",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":53,"tags":54,"thumb":55},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21],{"src":23,"caption":24,"derivatives":56},{"square_small":26,"square_medium":27},{"index":58,"title":59,"description":60,"audio":61,"tags":65,"transcript":24,"episode":70},1,"African Americans & Immigration","\u003Cp>Frank Morris of the Center for Immigration Studies discusses historic tensions between immigrant laborers and African Americans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":62,"duration":63,"formatted_duration":64},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Faliens-frominner-space-outsiders-in-america\u002Faliens-frominner-space-outsiders-in-america-02.mp3","486","00:08:06",[66,67,19,51,68,69],"Great Migration","civil rights movement","labor","working class",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":71,"tags":72,"thumb":73},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21],{"src":23,"caption":24,"derivatives":74},{"square_small":26,"square_medium":27},1790963882293]