In this excerpt from the Democracy Nerd podcast, guest Amanda Frost--professor at University of Virginia School of Law & author of "You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers"--discusses with host Jefferson Smith the economic benefits of immigration, using an analogy of the Spanish Empire and how it "failed to be a good recruiter" during such times as the Spanish Inquisition, resulting in the empire losing strength. If the modern-day American empire continues adopting a hardline approach towards immigration, there's concern that it may also be similarly weakened economically as it moves away from the immigration policies that helped turn the United States into an economic powerhouse.
