David Bacon on his book Illegal People

David Bacon on his book Illegal People

Author: Sylvia and Stuart Richardson February 3, 2025 Duration: 29:17

David Bacon explores the human side of globalization, exposing the many ways it uproots people driving them to migrate. He also speaks about how immigration policy makes the labor of those displaced people a crime in the United States. Illegal People explains why current immigration policy produces even more displacement, more migration, more immigration raids, and a more divided, polarized society.

 

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