Getting immigration right : what every American needs to know / edited by David Coates & Peter Siavelis ; foreword by Alejandro Portes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coates, David, 1946-2018.

Siavelis, Peter

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Noncitizens--United States.

Noncitizens.

Illegal immigration--United States.

Illegal immigration.

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, Inc., [2009]

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. The scale and character of illegal immigration is only one facet of the "immigration problem" currently before Congress and the president, but it is its most contentious and visible face. It is also the one part of the contemporary immigration story that attracts the most intense opposition, the most widely disseminated mythologies, and the most powerfully advocated solutions. What to do about illegal immigration from Mexico is a major political question of our time. The book's wide-ranging and timely discussion includes legal and non-Mexican immigration. It sets the context of immigration before exploring the job experiences of illegal immigrants and their quest for the American dream. The contributors then focus on the causes and consequences--economic and social--of immigration, both legal and otherwise, and vividly describe the Latino experiences of illegality, including crossing the border and living in fear of deportation. In addition, the reform of immigration law is discussed from three distinct viewpoints: one conservative, one liberal, and one libertarian. The volume closes with its editors' own proposals for comprehensive immigration reform. With a foreword by Alejandro Portes, a professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of Immigrant America: A Portrait.

Contents:

1 Introduction / David Coates, Peter M. Siavelis 1

Placing Immigration

2 Sketching the Age of Migration: Contextualizing the U.S.-Mexico Migration Impasse / Mark J. Miller 15

3 Changing Concepts of Citizenship and Nationality across Time and Space / Michele Wucker 33

Living Immigration

4 Ten Things You Need to Know about Mexican Immigration / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo 51

5 The Immigration Aftermath: Latinos, Latino Immigrants, and American National Identity / Luis Ricardo Fraga, Gary M. Segura 63

The Economics of Immigration

6 The Economic Impact of Immigration / David Coates 83

7 Beyond Push and Pull: Neoliberalism, NAFTA, Immigration Policy, and the Structural Incentives for Mexican Immigration / Peter M. Siavelis 97

The Illegality of Immigration

8 Crossing Arizona: Rooting Out the Problem / Dan DeVivo, Valeria Fernández 115

9 Undocumented Workers, Documented Mendacity: How the Criminalization of Immigrants Threatens America's Future / Patricia Fernández-Kelly 133

10 Eight Myths about Immigration Enforcement / David A. Martin 149

The Reform of Immigration Law

11 Principles That Should Guide Immigration Policy / Robert Rector 171

12 Market-Based Solutions to Illegal Immigration / David T. Griswold 183

13 The H-2 Visa Programs: Real Need for Reform / Ross Eisenbrey 201

Addressing the Conundrúm

14 Options for Action, Strategies for Change / David Coates 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-274) and index.

ISBN:

9781597972642

1597972649

9781597972659

1597972657

OCLC:

232128235