Kari Lydersen: Globalization and Immigration from Latin America

In this lecture, journalist and author Kari Lydersen discusses globalization and Latin America. Much of the talk is based on the essays contained in her book "Out of the Sea and into the Fire: Latin American-U.S. Immigration in the Global Age" that explores a number of topics related to immigration. In the lecture, Lydersen discusses the impact of free trade agreements such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and development projects such as Plan Puebla Panama and their affect on immigration, as well as the anti-immigrant backlash in the United States. Recorded shortly after groups such as the Minuteman Project began to take the national spotlight in the immigration debate, Lydersen's lecture provides an important look at the human faces behind globalization and immigration.

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