Few issues are more divisive in the United States today than immigration reform. Even though key businesses and industries – some right here in Montana – depend upon an immigrant workforce to be successful, opponents of immigration hold that our economy suffers when legal and non-legal individuals make the United States their home. How does one cut through all the partisan “noise” to understand how immigration impacts our economic well-being? Is immigration a boon or a bust for our economy? What are the myths, and what are the facts? Listen to and consider various viewpoints from the panelists:

George Borjas, Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Bridget Kevane, professor of Modern Languages and Literatures at Montana State University
Andrew Greenfield, an immigration attorney and managing partner of Fragomen Worldwide’s Washington, DC, office.

SymBozium, a forum for civil discourse presented by the Bozeman Public Library, was moderated by Nancy Chen, Women’s Leadership Coach. Recorded on April 2, 2019 at The Emerson’s Crawford Theater in Bozeman.