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Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity.This insightful new book offers a fresh perspective on immigration and its part in shaping the racial landscape of the US today. Moving away from one-dimensional views of this relationship, it emphasizes the dynamic and mutually formative interactions of race and immigration. Drawing on a wide range of studies, it explores key aspects of the immigrant experience, such as the history of immigration laws, the formation of immigrant occupational niches, and developments of immigrant identity and community. Specific topics covered include: the perceived crisis of unauthorized immigration; the growth of an immigrant rights movement; the role of immigrant labor in the elder care industry; the racial strategies of professional immigrants; and the formation of pan-ethnic Latino identities.Written in an engaging and accessible style, this book will be invaluable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in the sociology of immigration, race and ethnicity.

Based on a review of current empirical studies of the numbers of undocumented aliens in the US, it is concluded that the size of the undocumented immigrant population is substantially smaller than the figures most often cited. Although the largest numbers of undocumented immigrants are from Mexico, virtually every area of the world contributes some undocumented immigrants. The available evidence regarding the social, economic, & demographic characteristics of undocumented immigrants is described. The consequence of research findings for policy alternatives are presented, & various options for dealing with undocumented immigrations are discussed. Modified HA

AbstractImmigration is highly salient for voters in Europe and the USA and has generated considerable academic debate about the causes of preferences over immigration. This debate centers around the relative influences of sociotropic or personal economic considerations, as well as noneconomic threats. We provide a test of the competing egocentric, sociotropic, and noneconomic paradigms using a novel constrained preference experiment in which respondents are asked to trade off preferred reductions in immigration levels with realistic estimates of the personal or societal costs associated with those reductions. This survey experiment, performed on a national sample of British YouGov panelists, allows us to measure the price-elasticity of the public's preferences with regard to levels of European and non-European immigration. Respondents were willing to admit more immigrants when restriction carries economic costs, with egocentric considerations as important as sociotropic ones. People who voted for the UK to Leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum are less price-elastic than those voting Remain, indicating that noneconomic concerns are also important.1

I. The Economic Situation -- 1. The Position in General -- 2. Examination of Details: Some Demographic Data -- 3. The Agricultural Problem -- 4. The Problem of Industrialization -- 5. The Problem of Economic Welfare -- II. The Immigration Problem: Outline of an Economic Theory of Immigration -- 1. Economy and Immigration -- 2. Economic Impacts of Immigration -- 3. Immigration and Employment -- 4. Immigration and Wages -- III. Proposals in Application: Brazil's Immigration Problem -- Conclusion -- Zusammenfassung -- Sommaire.

Trying to visually trace each person's roots, which can span multiple countries and continents, could look like a massive, tangled ball of yarn. Immigration has been a hot-button issue since the dawn of civilization, with each country's government policies allowing them to dictate who can stay, who should go, and who isn't even allowed to enter. Readers will learn about migrants and refugees and some of the reasons for leaving home behind. Through this engaging text they will recognize the intricacies of a complex issue that cannot be boiled down to "good" or "bad.".

Prepared under the direction of the commission by Frank L. Shaw. ; William P. Dillingham, chairman. ; Mode of access: Internet.