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A readable and comprehensive exploration of the history and the current issues surrounding U.S. immigration policy

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9781322641478

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If you are looking for a course text that provides a succinct overview of U.S. immigration policy, and the controversies surrounding it, this book is it. This text provides important historical context, a summary of current policy and its controversies, insightful political analysis of the prospects for comprehensive reform, and an in-depth examination of the political incorporation of immigrants in the contemporary era. --Ron Schmidt, California State University, Long Beach Immigration in the 21st Century painstakingly catalogues the many proposed federal and state immigration policies since 2000 as well as the numerous contentious debates that now characterize immigration politics in the 21st century. So much has happened in the context of immigration politics over the last decade and this book offers an authoritative reference on these modern developments. --Natalie Masuoka, Tufts University

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Louis DeSipio is professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at University of California, Irvine. He is co-author or co-editor of several books including Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy (1998), Awash in the Mainstream: Latino Politics in the 1996 Elections (1999), Muted Voices: Latinos and the 2000 Elections (2004), and Beyond the Barrio: Latinos and the 2004 Elections (2010). He has also published book chapters and numerous articles in journals such as American Politics Research, Perspectives on Politics, Urban Affairs Review, and Asian American Policy Review. Rodolfo de la Garza is Eaton Professor of Administrative Law and Municipal Science in the Department of Political Science, Columbia University. He has edited, co-edited and co-authored numerous books including Making Americans, Remaking America: Immigration and Immigrant Policy (1998), Awash in the Mainstream: Latino Politics in the 1996 Elections (1999), Latinos and U. S. Foreign Policy: Lobbying for the Homeland? (2000), Sending Money Home: Hispanic Remittances and Community Development (2002), Muted Voices: Latinos and the 2000 Elections (2004), and The Future of the Voting Rights Act (2006). Dr. de la Garza has served as Vice President of the American Political Science Association and received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession of the American Political Science Association in 1993.

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