Readings on Immigration
SOC 327
Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in Contemporary America - Silvia Pedraza and Rubén G. Rumbaut
Table 1. Decennial Trends of Foreign-born and Immigrant Populations, 1890-1990
Table 2. Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1990, by Region and Country of Origin.
Table 3. Social Characteristics of Principal Immigrant Groups, Compared to U.S. Native-Born Racial/Ethnic Groups, 1990.
Table 4. Socioeconomic Characteristics of Principal Immigrant Groups, Compared to U.S. Native-Born Racial/Ethnic Groups, 1990.
Mexican 'Guest Workers': A Project Worth a Try? - Ginger Thompson
The Faulty Logic of the Anti-Immigration Rhetoric - Raúl Hinojosa and Peter Schey
Borders and Bridges : Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico and Central America - Leo R. Chavez
The Social Origins of the Referendum - Mike Davies
E Pluribus and All That - A.M. Rosenthal
Legal Immigrants Now Face Summary Deportations - Los Angeles Times
Legal Immigrants Face Impending Federal Aid Cuts - Los Angeles Times
United Nations Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live
The Coming Immigration Debate [1995] - Jack Miles
Can We Still Afford to Be a Nation of Immigrants? - David M. Kennedy
The New Economics of Immigration - George J. Borjas
Immigration Debate - The Atlantic Monthly (11/96)
New York Times
3-part series on the new immigration in New York City, July 1998:
GRAPH:
A New Immigrant Wave, More Varied Than Ever
New York Times
Editorial: The New Immigrant Experience
New Immigrant Tide: Shuttle Between Worlds
A Mexican Town That Transcends All Borders
Wedding Vows Bind Old World and New
Web links:
Migration News - UC-Davis
International Organization for Migration
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
The 1996 Immigration and Nationality Act [via Immigration Central]
U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform
Other Countries Laws on Immigration/Naturalization [via U.S. House of Representatives]
CATO INSTITUTE REPORT: "Immigration: The Demographic and Economic Facts"
Internet Mailing and Discussion Groups on Migration and Ethnic Groups
Borderlines
: A Magazine of the Interhemispheric Resource Center
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations - Sweden
Immigration History Research Center - University of Minnesota
Federation For American Immigration Reform - An Anti-Immigrant Group