Does America Need an Integration Policy?
In the 600-page tome that was Congress’ failed attempt at an immigration overhaul, about 20 pages were devoted to the question of integration. That, said the Migration Policy Institute’s Laureen Laglagaron at the Skirball Cultural Center, was indicative of how much time and energy was spent on a question that seems paramount: once people enter the country, how do they become Americans? Laglagaron joined USC’s Dowell Myers, Alfonso Aguilar of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, José Luis Gutiérrez of the Illinois Office of New Americans, and moderator Tomás Jiménez to …
