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Alan K. Simpson, one of the most distinguished Senators of the last quarter century, delivered the 2001-02 Peltason Lecture at UCI. Simpson spoke about the challenges facing America in the post 9/11 era, which will require new efforts to deal with international terrorism–and the poten-tial financial and political costs of these efforts. He discussed the Bush administration's ability to deal with these new challenges, and the skills they bring to this task. He also high-lighted two major unresolved issues that he believes the US must address: nuclear waste and population growth– stressing the need to address these issues based on the facts, not on emotion or fear.

The U.S. is the target for international migration, more now than ever. Population growth and economic stagnation in the Third World are increasing the pressures for outmigration, and current immigration law is wholly incapable of responding to the ever increasing flow of illegal immigrants. Border apprehensions of illegal aliens in the U.S. were up 40 percent during 1983, and total apprehensions reached 1.25 million by the year's end.1 Recent public opinion polls have disclosed that an overwhelming majority of the American public demands immigration reform, and yet we as a nation have been distinctly unwilling or unable to respond to this clear public sentiment. This article will discuss the politics of the issue: the current "Simpson-Mazzoli" Immigration Reform and Control Act, previous immigration legislation, current counterproposals for U.S. immigration policy, and the political realities of immigration reform.

From the "Sons of the mist" to the plains of Wyoming -- Professor McGee -- The making of a senator -- Behind the Iron Curtain -- Sputnik -- McGee for me -- Senator Gale W. McGee -- Give me four more votes -- The Kennedy years -- The Johnson years, 1963-1964 -- The Johnson years, 1965-1967 -- The Johnson years, 1968 -- The Nixon years -- The Ford years -- Time for a change -- Ambassador Gale W. McGee

"Going beyond biography, McDaniel offers readers a glimpse into twentieth-century political shifts through the perspective of a liberal senator from a rural conservative state"--

"Beckoning Frontiers is a new perspective on the overall history of economic development of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American West through the personal insight of Buffalo Bill's business partner and friend, George W.T. Beck"--