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Hundreds of immigrant rights supporters held a rally and march at the Capitol in honor of International Workers' Day.
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In his book "The Thirteen American Arguments," Howard Fineman writes that only a nation of immigrants can argue so earnestly and endlessly about who can become one of its own.
In the first of a series inspired by Fineman's book, "The Thirteen American Arguments," Midmorning examines the nature of citizenship, national identity, and what it means to be an American with two scholars well-versed in the immigration debate.
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