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In this article, the authors demonstrate that immigration control must be seen as a rationing of access to a rare commodity to which a multitude have an equal right. The article infers two possible criteria for the selection of candidates for immigration, neither of which permits the destination country's political community to select systematically immigrants for their own interests. Adapted from the source document.

Selected topics and policy issues on immigrants and immigration into the US; gays and lesbians, gangs, religion, and tattoos, Romanian Gypsies, terrorism and counterterrorism, social justice, cultural identity and Burmese American Buddhists, and women and Pentecostal experience; 7 articles. Contents: Gays and lesbians in the U.S. immigration process, by Lorrie Rank; Migrant gangs, religion and tattoo removal, by Luis Enrique Bazan, Liliana Harris, and Lois Ann Lorentzen; Romanian Gypsies, by Valeriu Nicolae; Immigrants, terrorism and counter-terrorism, by Henry F. Carey; Immigration and social justice, by David Ingram; Cultural identity and Burmese American Buddhists, by Joseph Cheah; Women, migration, and the Pentecostal experience, by Rosalina Mira and Lois Ann Lorentzen.

Jagdish Bhagwati and Francisco RiveraBatiz ('A Kinder, Gentler Immigration Policy,' November/December 2013) recommend that the United States stop trying to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country, since that will never work, and instead let the states compete for them. This alluring proposal requires some judicious examination. Adapted from the source document.

Slowing the wave, by James C. Clad; Myths about immigrants, by Jeffrey S. Passel and Michael Fix.

This article examines the immigration issue in the United States in a comparative and (to a lesser degree) historical context. It begins by stepping back and examining broader immigration patterns, first to the United States and then to Canada and select European countries. It then moves on to the issue of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., their numbers, motivations for travelling to the United States, past efforts to address unauthorized immigration, and developments since the onset of the 2008-present recession. Finally, the article concludes by reflecting on the possibilities, and limitations, surrounding President Obama's -- indeed, any president's -- attempts to end unauthorized immigration to the U.S. and to bring some closure to the debate about what to do with those already there. It makes a qualified case, given how unappealing the alternative is, for legalization and a temporary workers program. Adapted from the source document.