Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The last time Congress tried to pass comprehensive immigration reform was in 2007, and that was, well, a failure. Many of the measures proposed that time around are resurfacing, now, in a new plan, but under a much different political environment.
Joining us to look at the lessons of past efforts to reform immigration policy and what that could mean this time around, is Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, professor of political science at UC Berkeley who specializes inimmigrant issues.