Trump's Immigration Reform, Lost Apples, Wearing Our Emotions
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 611
- Aug 7, 2017 6:00 am
- 1:41:29 mins
Analysis of GOP Immigration Proposal Guest: Charles Kuck, Atlanta-based Immigration Attorney, Former President of the National American Immigration Lawyers Association President Trump has endorsed a plan to cut legal immigration to the US in half over the next decade. Instead of granting legal residency to more than a million people each year as the US currently does, that number would drop to 500,000. And instead of giving most of those green cards based on who already has family in the US to reunite with, President Trump wants to focus on what immigrants can offer the economy: “This competitive application process will favor applicants who can speak English, financially support themselves and their families and demonstrate skills that would contribute to our economy. The RAISE Act prevents new migrants and new immigrants from collecting welfare and protects US workers from being displaced.” Let’s get a nuts-and-bolts look at what these changes would mean for immigrants already in the US and those looking to come here. “From the Vaults” Lewis Carroll Guest: Jamie Horrocks, PhD, Assistant Professor of English, Brigham Young University As part of our regular series “From the Vaults,” let’s explore some fantastical illustrations in BYU’s Special Collections archive. They’re from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Did you know that surrealist painter Salvador Dalí illustrated a copy? Special Collections has his version—which makes the strange tale even “curiouser and curiouser.” The BYU holdings also include an 1886 edition with the original illustrations by John Tenniel. The Apple-Orchard Sleuth Guest: David Benscoter, Retired Investigator for the FBI and United States Treasury David Benscoter retired from the FBI and turned his sleuthing skills to . . . apples. There used to be 17,000 varieties of apples in North America, but now you can find only about a dozen at your local grocer. David Benscoter combs abandoned orchards to find lost apple varieties and then works with Washington St
