Heider College of Business: Immigration and Institutions: Are Immigrants a Threat to the Citadel of Liberty?

Immigration has consistently been a contentious issue in the United States, with concerns about immigrants and their impact on the nation's economic and political institutions dating back to pre-Revolutionary War times. A persistent argument posits that immigrants, ingrained with their home countries' cultural and institutional beliefs, may attempt to substitute these for those in the affluent countries they immigrate to. 

In a presentation, Immigration and Institutions: Are Immigrants a Threat to the Citadel of Liberty?, on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m., Alexander Padilla, PhD, professor at Metropolitan state University of Denver, will first explore the core assumptions that critics of immigration hold. 

He will then shift his focus to what empirical literature reveals about the subject. In conclusion, Dr. Padilla will argue that, by understanding why immigrants move, we can see them more as protectors of "the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty" rather than a "Grecian horse," undermining those very principles.

This event is in the Harper Center, Room 4068/69. There will be pizza and cookies for attendants.