Immigrant Song - Chain Migration Is Just Immigration Immigrant Song

In this episode we’ll examine how some anti-immigrant voices have popularized the term “chain migration” to stigmatize immigrant families and we’ll discuss how, in fact, chain migration is just … immigration.

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Our opening music is “Wildness” by Serj Anto. With interstitial and closing music by Podington Bear.

Show Notes:

Chain Migration Is Just Immigration
https://medium.com/immigration-in-america/chain-migration-is-just-immigration-e5fbc52dd4c9

I also recommend reading Linda Qui’s New York Time article on this subject. She does similar research via Google Books and Google Trends on the origins of the phrase. We arrive at some slightly different but complementary conclusions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/us/politics/the-facts-behind-the-weaponized-phrase-chain-migration.html