Immigration /
compiled by H.W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services.
- First edition
- xii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- The reference shelf ; volume 88, number 2 .
- Reference shelf ; v. 88, no. 2. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182) and index.
Politics, the law, and immigration reform. Politics and reform in an immigrant nation ; Immigration reform: corporate demands trump human rights / Hey! Who left the border open? / American limbo / Miscalculation on visas disrupts lives of highly skilled immigrants / The front line against birthright citizenship / Immigration labor, activism, and human rights. Laboring for human rights ; Illegal immigrant detention centers rife with abuses, U.S. Civil Rights Commission report finds / Immigrant labor, immigrant rights / Mexican migration-corridor hospitality / How immigrant activists changed L.A. / Deadly human trafficking business on Mexico-US border / Popular conceptions, stereotypes, and biases. Immigration myths and misconceptions ; More than half the nation's governors say Syrian refugees not welcome / Turning away refugees won't fight terrorism, and might make it worse / Report aims to debunk anti-immigration myths / Immigrants and crime: crunching the numbers / For illegal immigrants with babies, the anchor pulls in many directions / The telling way white Americans react to pictures of dark-skinned immigrants / Education, culture, and families. Immigrant family value ; Schools brace for the influx of immigrants / In U.S. schools, undocumented youths strive to adjust / Supreme Court guards education for undocumented immigrants / Immigration: assimilation and the measure of an American / Requirements keep young immigrants out of Long Island classrooms / Bilingualism: when education and assimilation clash / Children of immigration / Global and domestic economies. The economic impact of immigration ; Globalization and NAFTA caused migration from Mexico / The fear of "not enough to go round" / Let the kids stay / The most entrepreneurial group in America wasn't born in America / The economics of Syrian refugees / Michelle Chen ; Emily Cadei ; Jeffrey Toobin ; Julia Preston ; Jonathan Blitzer -- Stephen Dinan ; David Bacon ; Alejandro Olayo-M�endez, Stephen Nathan Haymes, and Maria Vidal de Haymes ; Manuel Pastor ; Axel Storen Weden -- Ashley Fantz and Ben Brumfield ; Nick Stockton ; Yasmin Anwar ; Catherine E. Shoichet ; Pamela Constable ; Jeff Guo -- Lesli A. Maxwell ; Corey Mitchell ; Julie Underwood ; Stephanie Hanes ; Benjamin Mueller ; Melinda D. Anderson ; Marcelo M. Su�arez-Orozco & Carola Su�arez-Orozco -- David Bacon ; Bridget Anderson ; Franklin Foer ; Adam Bluestein ; John Cassidy. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"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.