Getting Immigration Right : What Every American Needs to Know

by Coates, David

• ISBN13: 9781597972659
• ISBN10: 1597972657
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

Getting Immigration Right focuses on what is arguably the most important aspect of the current immigration debate: how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. This book's wide-ranging and timely discussion also includes legal and non-Mexican immigration. The contributors discuss the causes and consequences of immigration and the reform of immigration law from three distinct viewpoints and provide their own proposals for comprehensive immigration reform. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Policies and Preachings that Backfire	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Placing Immigration
Sketching the Age of Migration: Contextualizing the U.S.-Mexico Migration Impasse	p. 15
Changing Concepts of Citizenship and Nationality across Time and Space	p. 33
Living Immigration
Ten Things You Need to Know about Mexican Immigration	p. 51
The Immigration Aftermath: Latinos, Latino Immigrants, and American National Identity	p. 63
The Economics of Immigration
The Economic Impact of Immigration	p. 83
Beyond Push and Pull: Neoliberalism, NAFTA, Immigration Policy, and the Structural Incentives for Mexican Immigration	p. 97
The Illegality of Immigration
Crossing Arizona: Rooting Out the Problem	p. 115
Undocumented Workers, Documented Mendacity: How the Criminalization of Immigrants Threatens America's Future	p. 133
Eight Myths about Immigration Enforcement	p. 149
The Reform of Immigration Law
Principles That Should Guide Immigration Policy	p. 171
Market-Based Solutions to Illegal Immigration	p. 183
The H-2 Visa Programs: Real Need for Reform	p. 201
Addressing the Conundrúm
Options for Action, Strategies for Change	p. 219
Notes	p. 235
Further Reading	p. 273
Index	p. 275
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 287
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