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Recent Radio Times Shows about Immigration and Globalization

2/18/2004
A growing number of U.S. firms are sending high-tech and service jobs overseas where labor is cheaper. Is oursourcing U.S. jobs overseas good for our economy or does it just result in more lay-offs of U.S. workers? We'll talk with two economists, DAN GRISWOLD of the Cato Institue and ROB SCOTT of the Economic Policy Institute. Listen to this show via Real Audio

1/19/2004
In light of the President's announcement about a new immigration policy, we talk about what life is really like for undocumented workers. Our guests are FATHER TOM BETZ, pastor of Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church, immigration lawyer CHRISTINE FLOWERS and MARGARITE HARRIS, a nurse who cares for migrant workers. Listen to this show via Real Audio

9/5/2003
Is attracting new immigrants a solution to Philadelphia's declining population? We'll talk about the pros and cons with guests ANNE O'CALLAGHAN of The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, JACK MARTIN of the Federation for American Immigrant Reform, and Philadelphia City Councilman JIM KENNEY. Listen to this show via Real Audio

7/10/2003
US/Mexico immigration post 9/11. We'll talk with DOUGLAS MASSEY, who in the latest issue of The American Prospect magazine, writes about why he believes the new U.S. immigration policies are a step backward for U.S./Mexico trade and relations. Massey, a professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, is author of "Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration." Listen to this show via Real Audio

6/25/2003
MANTHIA DIAWARA talks about his new memoir WE WON'T BUDGE: AN AFRICAN EXILE IN THE WORLD. In it, he tells about leaving Mali to live in the West giving insight to the problems of immigration and racial identity. Listen to this show via Real Audio

6/2/2003
Amadou Diallo was 23 years old and a West African immigrant when he was shot by police in the vestibibule to his Bronx apartment building in 1999. Even though Diallo had done nothing wrong, the police officers were acquitted of the charges against them. On today's Radio Times, former reporter Craig Wolff recounts the death of Diallo and the ensuing trial. Then Kadiatou Diallo, Amadou's mother, talks about her son and her life. Her book, coauthored with Wolff, is called My Heart will Cross This Ocean. Listen to this show via Real Audio

4/14/2003
CRESCENT is the story of an Iraqi-American chef in Los Angeles and her romance with an Iraqi immigrant. It is the second of writer DIANA ABU-JABER's novels. Abu-Jaber was born in the U.S. (her mother is American, her father Jordanian) and has lived in both American and Jordan. Listen to this show via Real Audio

2/27/2003
Franco-American relations. A look at the cultural differences between the U.S. and France that have led to the current divide over Iraq. We'll talk with French native, SOPHIE MEUNIER, research associate at the Center of International Studies at Princeton University. She is co-author of "The French Challenge: Adapting To Globalization." and from JACQUELINE GRAPIN, also a native of France, who is President of the European Institute in Washington D.C. Listen to this show via Real Audio

7/15/2002
Update on Patriot Act. Since Sept 11th Congress enacted new laws giving law enforcement more leeway in pursuing terrorists. Civil libertarians have warned that our right to privacy could be trampled in this new environment. We'll talk about how things are going months later. We'll talk with civil rights attorney, DAVID RUDOVSKY and former Immigration offical and now Temple Law prof JAN TING. Listen to this show via Real Audio

1/31/2002
Radio Times broadcast live from Temple University. In the first hour, Racial profiling of Arab-Americans. We'll talk with civil liberties attorney DAVID RUDOVSKY and JAN TING, a former Immigration official. Listen to this show via Real Audio

10/10/2001
Since the terrorist attacks, there have been calls to reform US immigration policy. Some have even called for a temporary moratorium. Today on Radio Times, we discuss the current debate over immigration policy and practices with law professor and former INS official Jan Ting, with a rep from the Federation for American Immigration Reform and an member of the National Immigration Forum. Listen to this show via Real Audio