Politics of immigration (Record no. 19985)

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Personal name Guskin, Jane
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wilson, David L
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Title Politics of immigration
Remainder of title questions and answers
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Place of publication, distribution, etc New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Monthly Review Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2007
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Extent 176p.
Dimensions 21 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-169) and index.
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Title Preface : Is the United States a nation of immigrants? --
-- Author's notes --
Miscellaneous information 1.
Title Who are the immigrants? --
-- How do we define immigrants? --
-- How many immigrants are here? --
-- Are immigrants different from other people? --
-- Who are the undocumented immigrants? --
-- Is there a "new wave" of immigration? --
-- Is the new wave really new? --
-- Are politicians stirring up a panic about immigration? --
Miscellaneous information 2.
Title Why do people immigrate? --
-- What are the "root causes" of migration? --
-- Why do people come to the United States? --
-- Is it our fault other countries have so many problems? --
-- Why do so many Mexicans come here? --
-- Why don't people stay home and fix their own countries? --
-- What happens when people do try to fix their countries? --
-- How can we address the root causes of immigration? --
Miscellaneous information 3.
Title Does the United States welcome refugees? --
-- What is a refugee? --
Miscellaneous information The
Title voyage of the St. Louis --
-- Who gets political asylum? --
-- Are all refugees treated equally? --
-- Why do Cubans get special treatment? --
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Miscellaneous information 4.
Title Why can't they just "get legal"? --
-- Is it really important who's "legal" and who's not? --
-- How "illegal" is immigration, anyway? --
-- Criminal or civil? --
-- Why don't immigrants "follow the rules"? --
-- Don't all immigrants bring their extended families here? --
-- Isn't there some kind of "visa lottery"? --
-- Is it really so hard to get a tourist visa? --
-- "Yacht people" --
-- Aren't there lots of other ways to come here legally? --
-- Once immigrants have been here a while, can't they "get legal"? --
-- Isn't there some kind of waiver"? --
-- Who can "get legal"? --
-- What about the so-called "anchor babies"? --
-- Couldn't immigrants become U.S. citizens if they wanted to? --
Miscellaneous information 5.
Title Is it easy to be "illegal"? --
-- Is it easy to live here "illegally"? --
-- Do immigrants have the right to an education? --
-- Are undocumented workers more exploited? --
-- Are all workers protected by labor laws? --
-- Do immigrants have constitutional rights? --
-- Do immigrants have the right to protest? --
-- How can you tell who's a citizen and who's not? --
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Miscellaneous information 6.
Title Are immigrants hurting our economy? --
-- How much do immigrants cost us? --
-- Do immigrants collect welfare? --
-- Do immigrants pay taxes? --
-- How much do out-of-status immigrants get back? --
Miscellaneous information The
Title 9/11 victims --
-- Do remittances drain the economy? --
-- Do immigrants take our jobs? --
-- Don't they just take jobs we don't want? --
-- Do immigrants bring down wages? --
-- Why do they work for less? --
-- Who benefits from low wages for immigrants? --
-- What can we do about the "race to the bottom"? --
Miscellaneous information 7.
Title Is immigration bad for our health, environment, or culture? --
-- Do immigrants endanger public health? --
-- What about epidemics like TB and AIDS? --
-- Is immigration bad for the environment? --
-- Do immigrants care about the environment? --
-- Are immigrants to blame for population growth? --
-- Is overpopulation a serious environmental threat? --
-- How can we slow population growth? --
-- What about overcrowding in our communities? --
-- Do immigrants learn English? --
-- Are the new immigrants too "different" to assimilate? --
-- What factors slow assimilation? --
-- Who are the "real Americans"? --
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Miscellaneous information 8.
Title Are immigrants a threat? --
-- Do immigrants commit more crimes than non-immigrants? --
-- Is it unfair to treat immigrants who commit crimes differently than citizens? --
-- Does deportation make us safer? --
-- Is there a link between immigration and terrorism? --
-- Is the government going after foreign terrorists? --
-- How did the September 11 hijackers get here? --
-- Who decides who's a terrorist? --
-- Does the crackdown on immigrants make us safer? --
-- How does the crackdown on immigrants affect the rest of us? --
-- Did all this start with September 11? --
-- Are immigrant workers a national security risk? --
Miscellaneous information 9.
Title Enforcement : is it a solution? --
-- If we enforce our laws, will the problem go away? --
-- What if we deport all the "illegal" immigrants? --
-- Are we doing enough to secure the border? --
-- What has border enforcement done so far? --
-- Can't we seal off the border? --
-- How would smugglers deal with "sealed" borders? --
-- Can't we cut off the "job magnet"? --
-- What have employer sanctions accomplished? --
-- How are employer sanctions enforced? --
-- How does workplace enforcement affect organizing? --
-- If we make life hard enough for immigrants, will they leave? --
-- Who profits from enforcement? --
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Miscellaneous information 10.
Title What about "guest worker" and amnesty programs? --
-- Are "guest worker" programs a solution? --
-- How did we end up with these "guest worker" programs? --
-- Slavery in the cane fields --
-- What happened to the Mexican "braceros"? --
-- How are "guest workers" treated now? --
-- What happens when "guest workers" defend their rights? --
-- Do "guest worker" programs hurt U.S. workers? --
-- What's all this talk about amnesty? --
-- Haven't we already had an amnesty? --
-- What impact will amnesty have in the United States now? --
-- Won't amnesty cause more problems later on? --
Miscellaneous information 11.
Title Why do we jail and deport immigrants? --
-- Who gets deported, and why? --
-- What happens to people who are deported? --
-- What happens to the families of deportees? --
-- What is immigration detention? --
-- Is immigration detention new? --
-- Who is in immigration detention, and where? --
-- How long do people spend in detention? --
-- How bad is detention really? --
Miscellaneous information The
Title story of S. --
-- How are families affected by detention? --
-- Is detention necessary? --
-- Who pays for detention, and who profits? --
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Miscellaneous information 12.
Title Can we open our borders? --
-- What do we mean by open borders? --
-- Have any countries actually tried opening their borders? --
-- Does the European Union really have open borders? --
-- Has freedom of movement caused problems in Europe? --
-- Does freedom of movement threaten national identity or culture? --
-- How can we keep criminals and terrorists out without borders? --
-- Is opening the borders part of "free trade"? --
-- How would freedom of movement actually work here? --
-- How would we control citizenship? --
-- What would happen if we opened the borders? --
-- Wouldn't we be flooded with immigrants? --
-- Would our standard of living collapse? --
-- Could freedom of movement really work? --
-- Resources --
-- Suggested readings --
-- Suggested films --
-- Organzations --
-- "Know-your-rights" information for immigrants --
-- Notes --
-- Index.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Immigrants
Geographic subdivision United States.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Immigrants
General subdivision Government policy
Geographic subdivision United States.
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Geographic name United States
General subdivision Emigration and immigration.
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Geographic name United States
General subdivision Emigration and immigration
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