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Subject(s)

• Emigration and immigration law—United States—Sources [Browse]
• Noncitizens—United States—Sources [Browse]
• Undocumented immigrants—United States—Sources [Browse]
• Immigrants—United States—Social conditions—Sources [Browse]
• United States—Emigration and immigration—Sources [Browse]

Related name

• H.W. Wilson Company [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Sources [Browse]

Series

• Reference shelf ; v. 88, no. 2. [More in this series]
• The reference shelf ; volume 88, number 2

Summary note

"Presidential candidate Donald Trump's recent proposals to devote large amounts of federal spending into deporting all undocumented immigrants and to build a wall between the United States and Mexico are only two of the latest controversial ideas in the ongoing discussion over immigration. Historically, there have been two sides to the debate. One side tends to blame immigration for society's economic and social troubles and calls for restricting and reversing the numbers of immigrants to the United States, while the other side contends that the United States is a nation of immigrants and condemns anti-immigrant rhetoric as racist and xenophobic. This volume will explore the various aspects of the conversation, including such hot-button talking points as so-called "anchor babies," as well as recent policy discussions related to the DREAM Act, counter-terrorism, the policing of borders, and education."--Publisher's website

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index.

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Edition statement supplied by publisher.

Contents

• 1. Politics, the law, and immigration reform. Politics and reform in an immigrant nation ; Immigration reform: corporate demands trump human rights / Michelle Chen ; Hey! Who left the border open? / Emily Cadei ; American limbo / Jeffrey Toobin ; Miscalculation on visas disrupts lives of highly skilled immigrants / Julia Preston ; The front line against birthright citizenship / Jonathan Blitzer
• 2. Immigration labor, activism, and human rights. Laboring for human rights ; Illegal immigrant detention centers rife with abuses, U.S. Civil Rights Commission report finds / Stephen Dinan ; Immigrant labor, immigrant rights / David Bacon ; Mexican migration-corridor hospitality / Alejandro Olayo-Méndez, Stephen Nathan Haymes, and Maria Vidal de Haymes ; How immigrant activists changed L.A. / Manuel Pastor ; Deadly human trafficking business on Mexico-US border / Axel Storen Weden
• 3. Popular conceptions, stereotypes, and biases. Immigration myths and misconceptions ; More than half the nation's governors say Syrian refugees not welcome / Ashley Fantz and Ben Brumfield ; Turning away refugees won't fight terrorism, and might make it worse / Nick Stockton ; Report aims to debunk anti-immigration myths / Yasmin Anwar ; Immigrants and crime: crunching the numbers / Catherine E. Shoichet ; For illegal immigrants with babies, the anchor pulls in many directions / Pamela Constable ; The telling way white Americans react to pictures of dark-skinned immigrants / Jeff Guo
• 4. Education, culture, and families. Immigrant family value ; Schools brace for the influx of immigrants / Lesli A. Maxwell ; In U.S. schools, undocumented youths strive to adjust / Corey Mitchell ; Supreme Court guards education for undocumented immigrants / Julie Underwood ; Immigration: assimilation and the measure of an American / Stephanie Hanes ; Requirements keep young immigrants out of Long Island classrooms / Benjamin Mueller ; Bilingualism: when education and assimilation clash / Melinda D. Anderson ; Children of immigration / Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco & Carola Suárez-Orozco
• 5. Global and domestic economies. The economic impact of immigration ; Globalization and NAFTA caused migration from Mexico / David Bacon ; The fear of "not enough to go round" / Bridget Anderson ; Let the kids stay / Franklin Foer ; The most entrepreneurial group in America wasn't born in America / Adam Bluestein ; The economics of Syrian refugees / John Cassidy.

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ISBN

• 9781682170649 ((v. 88, no. 2))
• 1682170640
• 9781682170625 ((volume set))
• 1682170624

LCCN

2017302249

OCLC

945200049

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