Arguing Immigration The Controversy and Crisis Over the Future of Immigration in America

by Mills, Nicolaus

• ISBN13: 9780671895587
• ISBN10: 0671895583
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

This remarkable collection of writings provides a wide diversity of answers to one of today's most emotionally charged questions.

Spanning the whole political spectrum and covering issues from jobs and the economy to race and culture, it includes the strong opinions of writers and critics from Toni Morrison to Francis Fukuyama.

Author Biography

Nicolaus Mills is a professor of American Studies at Sarah Lawrence College, an editorial board member of Dissent, and a contributor to the American Prospect, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Era of the Golden Venture	11	(31)
Nicolaus Mills
I. To Open or Close the Door
Immigration Politics	31	(6)
Linda Chavez
The Closing Door	37	(11)
Nathan Glazer
Immigration Dilemmas	48	(19)
Richard Rothstein
II. Costs and Benefits
Is Immigration Hurting the U.S.?	67	(9)
Jaclyn Fierman
Tired, Poor, on Welfare	76	(5)
George J. Borjas
Illegal Immigration: Would a National ID Card Help?	81	(4)
Robert Kuttner
Aging America Needs Foreign Blood	85	(5)
Peter Francese
Immigration and the Environment	90	(7)
Nick Ervin
III. Race and Ethnicity
On the Backs of Blacks	97	(4)
Toni Morrison
Blacks vs. Browns	101	(42)
Jack Miles
Closed Doors	143	(8)
Richard Rodriguez
IV. A Shared Culture?
Immigrants and Family Values	151	(18)
Francis Fukuyama
The Forbidden Topic	169	(7)
Lawrence Auster
Why the World Comes Here	176	(7)
Peggy Noonan
V. Asylum
The United States of Asylum	183	(16)
Ted Conover
The Golden Rule in the Age of the Global Village	199	(12)
Gerda Bikales
Gender-Based Asylum	211	(4)
Julie Hessler
Law and Asylum	215	(8)
Viet D. Dinh
Acknowledgments	223