For all of its contradictions and injustices, the 20th century American melting pot transformed millions of immigrants into productive citizens.
“Like the vast majority of the roughly 2 million Italians who arrived in the United States at the turn of the 20th century, my grandfather was looking for a better future. He found it in Brooklyn”
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As a doctor working on Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island, he has been on the front line of the refugee crisis for more than 20 years. He has seen boats of refugees arriving from Africa, sometimes on a daily basis, crammed with people who are starving, dehydrated, and terrified. And these, he points out, are the fortunate ones – they are still alive.He has seen desperate children separated from their parents and dying parents frantic to entrust their children to anyone who can help. He has seen young
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