Hot Topics: Immigration: Law and Legislation

" By blending political, legal, social, and cultural history, this collection provides new insight into the distinct realities that shaped the borders dividing the US, Canada, and Mexico"

Description: Immigration then and now. Letting them in : America's turbulent immigration history -US has long history of restricting immigrants / U.S. immigration debate / Facts about immigration / Bring on the conservative debate for immigration / Only mass deportation can save America / Case against immigration : why the United States should look out for itself / Trump's assault on immigrants will seriously damage the economy / DREAMers and asylum. Immigration issues : dreamers, workers, and refugees. Its not illegal immigration that worries Republicans anymore / Republican party is turning against legal immigration / H1-B visa debate, explained / Feds prosecuting illegal immigrants for enticing relatives to U.S. / "Dreamers" could give US economy and even American workers a boost / To curb illegal immigration, DHS separating families at the border / Census. Politics of demography : the Census Bureau and immigration the controversial question DOJ wants to add to the U.S. census / Census has always been political : especially when it comes to race, ethnicity, and national origin / Illegal immigration gives cities political power / 2020 census citizenship question is spelling trouble in Texas / Why a census question about citizenship should worry you, whether you are a citizen or not / Border wall. Wall before the storm : the high coast and diminishing returns of a border wall / Wall : the real costs of a barrier between the United States and Mexico / What geology has to say about building a 1,000 mile border wall / Trump privately presses for U.S. military to pay for border wall / In 2006, Democrats were saying "build that fence!" / Landowners likely to bring more lawsuits as Trump moves on border wall / Taking : how the federal government abused its power to seize property for a border fence / Sanctuary. Politics of sanctuary : the false promise of sanctuary cities / Trump administration's first step to defund "sanctuary cities" is surprisingly cautious / Whom do sanctuary cities protect? / Trump administration sues California over laws protecting immigrants / Municipal suffrage, sanctuary cities, and the contested meaning of citizenship /

"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."

Description: Making of a nation of nations : the founding to 1865. Overview of immigration to the United States : founding to 1865 ; To ensure domestic tranquility : immigration and national defense. 1820-1865 ; Mushrooming cities : immigration and the beginnings of urbanization, 1790-1865 ; Toward a more perfect union : immigration and federalism / Common and uncommon schooling of immigrants to the United States, 1787-1865 / Political parties and immigration in the early republic / Naturalization law, immigration flow, and policy / Colonial borders, new world orders : servants, slaves, and the founding divisions pf labor in the nation of immigrants / Holy experiment : religion and immigration to the New World / Anti immigrant social movement : racial and religious undercurrents and their political effects /
Transformation of a nation of nations : 1865 to 1945. Overview of immigration to the United States, 1865-1945 ; Immigration and national defense, 1865-1945 ; Immigration and the rise of public health, 1865-1945 / Immigration and shipping lines, 1865-1945 / Melting the "unsightly indigestible lumps" : the education of eastern and southern European immigrants in the United States, 1880-1945 / Exploding cities : immigration and the urbanization of America, 1865-1945 / Angel island and the control of immigrant entry at San Francisco / Enacting racism into law : restrictionism and the Asian exclusion immigration laws / Ellis island station / Women immigrants and citizenship, 1865-1945 /
Immigration and superpower status : 1945 to the present. Overview of immigration to the United States, 1945-2010 / Immigration and education from 1945 to the present : a complicated and contentious connection / Search for talent / Policy conundrum of illegal immigration : exponential growth, 1970-2010 / Post 9/11 immigration policy, national security, and human rights implications for Muslim Americans / Immigration and the U.S. liberal welfare state : why mainstream theories fail to explain patterns of immigration and access to political mobilization / Gender, immigration, and U.S. labor market / Thwarting federal i immigration reform : the politics of welfare devolution in the United States / Attitudes toward immigrants and the immigration policy / Immigrant health and health care provisions in the United States : contemporary paradoxes and challenges / Remigration of immigrants to the United States : who remigrates and why ? / Where is immigration policy headed? Policy conflicts then and now /

Includes bibliographical references and index.--Examines immigration statutes and policies and the societal reactions to immigrants in seven industrialized nations.