02773nam 2200553 a 450 991079050940332120230803022053.01-59813-136-21-59813-135-4(CKB)2550000001132896(EBL)1184837(OCoLC)844940489(SSID)ssj0000873515(PQKBManifestationID)12323854(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873515(PQKBWorkID)10877612(PQKB)11774319(MiAaPQ)EBC1184837(Au-PeEL)EBL1184837(CaPaEBR)ebr10704515(CaONFJC)MIL532605(EXLCZ)99255000000113289620130411d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal crossings[electronic resource] immigration, civilization, and America /Alvaro Vargas LlosaOakland, Calif. Independent Institute20131 online resource (652 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59813-133-8 1-306-01354-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.The takeover -- Not just here, not just now -- Why they move -- The reaction -- Unnatural borders -- The law as fiction -- Immigrant values versus native values -- Islam, ghettos, and slums -- The multicultural fallacy -- Culture changes -- Immigrants and the economic seesaw -- What immigrants do to jobs, wages, and the economy? -- Do immigrants cost more than they contribute? -- Is immigration a left-wing or a right-wing cause? -- Shock and awe -- Why things and not people -- Credo or nationality? -- A path to citizenship -- Open minds.The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe, and <I>Global Crossings </I>cuts through the jungle of myth, falsehood, and misrepresentation that dominates the debate, clarifying the causes and consequences of human migration. The book first looks at the immigrant experience, which connects the present to the past, and America to the rest of the world, and explores who immigrants are and why they move. It contends that the conduct of today is no different than that in the past, and contrary toImmigrantsUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationImmigrants305.9/069120973Vargas Llosa Álvaro1966-591856MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790509403321Global crossings3708484UNINA