government policy

Uses interviews with migrants, policy makers, immigrants rights activists, and police and soldiers to examine the European immigrant crisis from France to the Mediterranean.

Examines the twelve most persistent immigration issues from colonial times to the present and includes the text of eighty-six key primary documents from American history which express differing views on those issues.

An exploration of immigration policy in the United States that uses a question-and-answer format to explore common misconceptions, controversies, and issues related to the topic.

Presents an expose of the prison system run by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, revealing some of the abuses that reportedly have taken place in these facilities, and discussing how the prisons operate in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. in 2001.

A collection of essays in which the authors present different perspectives on the issue of immigration, debating whether immigration should be restricted, whether it is a problem for the United States, ways to control illegal immigration, and the reform of U.S. immigration policy.

Discusses illegal immigration, including the origins of the problem, efforts to seal the borders, attempts by state and local governments to discourage immigrants, approaches to similar problems in Europe, and citizenship questions.

A study of immigration and migration, providing an overview of the issue, featuring case studies that look at the effects of immigration and migration on the U.S., France, South Africa, Mexico, and the Philippines, and including a selection of related primary source documents, and research tools, such as brief biographies, facts and figures, and an annotated bibliography.

Contains over twenty essays that present opposing viewpoints on issues relating to Africa, discussing economic development strategies, conflict resolution, human rights, and wildlife management.

Primary sources bring to life the immigrant experience through a history of America's most famous point of entry, Ellis Island.

Examines immigration in the United States, including the history of U.S. immigration and the debate over immigration reforms, laws, and policies.