Somalis in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Indians in Dallas, Fort Worth.

Muslims in New York City.

Is this different, or is this a story that we've seen before?

Italians, Jews, Germans, and Irish.

The immigration waves across the history of America with a professor of history from George Washington University and a consultant to the gangs of New York.

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A few months ago, as we analyzed the Somali assimilation,

integration, and immigration into Minnesota, on our daily pre-show call, Two-Adays, Dan,

tinfoil, Pat, Fran, Ron, myself, just talk, just think, just throw ideas against the wall. And one of the things that occurred is that America and its history is littered with waves of immigration from various parts of the world.

It's often said, almost as a cliche, that America is a nation of immigrants,

but that is not exactly true because America is originally a nation of settlers, acknowledging,

I think, there is a base culture, a base people that lay the foundation of America.

And then come the immigrants.

And then come the waves.

Then come the Irish.

Then come the Scots Irish.

Then come the Germans and the Jews and the Italians and the Puerto Ricans, the Indians, and the Muslims.

And it makes you wonder of the conversations that we're having today, part of a larger conversation we've had consistently throughout the history of America.

What is the difference between Somalis and Minnesota and the Irish of the early 1800s?

So two a days, Dan, tinfoil, Pat, Fran, Ron and myself said, let's do that.

Let's dive in.

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