Immigration in America's Future: Social Science Findings and the Policy Debate

ISBN-13: 9780367316143 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 259 str.

David Heer

Opis

Immigration policy is one of the most contentious issues facing the United States today. The bitter national debate over California's Proposition 187, the influx of Cuban refugees into Miami, and the continuous, often illegal, crossings over the Mexican border into Texas and California are just a few of the episodes that have created a furor on loc

Spis treści

I Overview, 2 The Volume and Character of Future Immigration: The Values at Stake, 3 The Influence of Social Science Findings, 4 The History of U.S. Immigration Law, 5 Patterns of Immigration to and from the United States, 6 Determinants of lmmigration, 7 Enforcement of Immigration Law, 8 The Impact of lmmigration, 9 Proposals for Change in U.S. Immigration Law

O autorze

David M. Heer is professor of sociology and associate director of the Population Research labouratory at the University of Southern California.