PULLMAN, Wash. – Dan Tichenor argues that for more than a decade, most Americans have agreed that the nation’s immigration system is “broken,” while political battles in Washington have made comprehensive reform unlikely.
Tichenor, the Phillip H. Knight Professor of Social Science and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon, is the featured speaker in The Foley Institute (http://foley.wsu.edu) Coffee & Politics Series, noon-1:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Foley’s Speaker’s Room, Byan Hall 308.
His talk, titled “Faustian Bargains: The Politics of Immigration Reform,” will focus on the dynamics of American immigration reform, the origins of our current policy breakdowns, and the mix of opportunities and challenges ahead.
Tichenor also has been a faculty scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University, and Research Fellow in Governmental Studies at the Brookings Institution. He also has testified and provided expert briefings to Congress on immigration reform.
The meeting is free. Pizza, pop and stimulating discussion are on the menu. Please RSVP to relgar@wsu.edu