Debates on U.S. immigration (SAGE Publications, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Political debates: Chapter 1: Legal Immigration Selection System -- Chapter 2: Gender and Refugee Status -- Chapter 3: Naturalization Process -- Chapter 4: Legalization (Amnesty) for Unauthorized Immigrants -- Chapter 5: Birthright Citizenship -- Chapter 6: Immigrant Voting -- Chapter 7: Nativism -- Chapter 8: Federal Policy Versus Decentralized Policy -- Chapter 9: U.S. Border Control -- Chapter 10: Immigrant Detention and Deportation Under the Obama Administration -- Chapter 11: Arizona's S.B. 1070 -- Chapter 12: Driver's Licenses -- Chapter 13: Crime -- Chapter 14: Cost to Taxpayers -- Chapter 15: Depression of Wages and Price Levels -- Chapter 16: Remittances -- Chapter 17: H-1B Visas -- Chapter 18: Temporary Worker Programs -- Chapter 19: Secure ID Cards -- Chapter 20: Worksite Enforcement -- Chapter 21: Worksite Raids -- Chapter 22: Population Growth -- Chapter 23: Environment and Immigration -- Chapter 24: Family-Based Immigration -- Chapter 25: Cultural Assimilation -- Chapter 26: Social and Political Integration -- Chapter 27: Catholic Church and Immigration -- Chapter 28: English as Official Language -- Chapter 29: English Instruction in the Classroom -- Chapter 30: Higher Education and Immigration Status -- Chapter 31: Racial Profiling -- Chapter 32: State and Local Law Enforcement -- Chapter 33: Use of the Term "Illegal Alien"
Aims to keep students, researchers, and other interested readers informed and up-to-date on the status of U.S. immigration policy. Provides introductory essays followed by point/counterpoint articles to explore prominent and perennially important debates, providing readers with views on multiple sides of this complex issue