Should the government make it easier for foreign-born, hi-tech workers to stay in the United States, as companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft argue? Or are these workers already undercutting the job market for Americans? Need to Knows Rick Karr travels to Silicon Valley and to New York City to investigate.
Immigration
American Voices: Jon Meacham
A Jon Meacham essay about how the federal legislation passed in 1965 under President Johnson fueled immigration.
Update: Crossing the line
An update to last week’s investigation into the death of an illegal immigrant a short time after he had been beaten and tased by U.S. border agents, an event captured on videotape.
‘I think I witnessed someone being murdered’
In this Need to Know exclusive, Ashley Young goes public for the first time about a beating she witnessed and recorded along the San Diego-Mexico border two years ago.
Pasarse de la raya en la frontera (Crossing the line at the border)
En colaboracion con el Fondo Investigativo del Nation Institute, Need to Know investiga si los agentes fronterizos de Estados Unidos utilizaron fuerza excesiva para reducir la inmigracion ilegal.
Crossing the line at the border
In partnership with the Nation Institute, Need to Know investigates whether U.S. border agents have been using excessive force in an effort to curb illegal immigration. Watch a preview.
Alina Das on changing federal immigration laws
Scott Simon interviews NYU law professor Alina Das, an advocate for immigrant rights, on what needs to be done to reform our federal immigration policy.
Alabama: The immigration battle
Need to Know travels to Alabama to report on opposition to the state’s new anti-immigration law from an unexpected source: the sheriff of the state’s biggest county.
Presidentiality: Herman Cain and the electrified fence
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain wants to build an electrified fence on the U.S.-Mexico border that could “kill” illegal immigrants. But as history shows, immigrants have braved much worse in pursuit of a new and better life on American soil.
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