Is America Still a Melting Pot?

Is America Still a Melting Pot?

HISTORYCENTER on The History Channel(R)

This Sunday, April 2nd at 8:30am

NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- From the shores of Ellis Island to the issue of the U.S. - Mexican border today, America has been known and sold as a melting pot. Millions of immigrants have been coming to this country for more than two hundred years creating a mixture of cultures, races and religions that America prides itself on. But does the idea of this great melting pot still hold true today? How has the immigration experience changed? HISTORYCENTER examines how our history of immigration has shaped the destiny of our country and why its prevalence today in American media and domestic policy has become a front-burner issue. Guests David Reimers, author of Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, Co-Director of Immigration Studies at New York University, join host Steve Gillon in discussing immigration yesterday and today. HISTORYCENTER airs Sunday, April 2nd at 8:30am on The History Channel.

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