Autore	Chomsky Aviva <1957->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina	304.8/73
Soggetto topico	Immigrants - United States - Public opinion Public opinion - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8070-4157-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. Immigrants and the economy -- Myth 1. Immigrants take American jobs -- Myth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages -- Myth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class -- Myth 4. Immigrants don't pay taxes -- Myth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy -- Myth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances -- pt. 2. Immigrants and the law -- Myth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just like immigrants in the past did -- Myth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants -- Myth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy -- pt. 3. Immigration and race -- Myth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world -- Myth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing -- Myth 12. Today's immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating -- Myth 13. Today's immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem -- pt. 4. How have U.S. policies created immigration? -- Myth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living -- Case study : the Philippines -- pt. 5. The debate at the turn of the millennium -- Myth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that -- Myth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration -- Myth 17. Immigration is a problem -- Myth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out -- Myth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country -- Myth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported -- Myth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there's nothing we can do about them -- Epilogue -- Timeline.
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Autore	Chomsky Aviva <1957->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (262 p.)
Disciplina	304.8/73
Collana	Myths Made in America Series
Soggetto topico	Immigrants - United States - Public opinion Public opinion - United States
ISBN	0-8070-4157-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. Immigrants and the economy -- Myth 1. Immigrants take American jobs -- Myth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages -- Myth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class -- Myth 4. Immigrants don't pay taxes -- Myth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy -- Myth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances -- pt. 2. Immigrants and the law -- Myth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just like immigrants in the past did -- Myth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants -- Myth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy -- pt. 3. Immigration and race -- Myth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world -- Myth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing -- Myth 12. Today's immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating -- Myth 13. Today's immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem -- pt. 4. How have U.S. policies created immigration? -- Myth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living -- Case study : the Philippines -- pt. 5. The debate at the turn of the millennium -- Myth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that -- Myth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration -- Myth 17. Immigration is a problem -- Myth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out -- Myth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country -- Myth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported -- Myth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there's nothing we can do about them -- Epilogue -- Timeline.
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Autore	Hultgren John <1981->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina	325.73
Soggetto topico	Immigrants - United States - Public opinion Emigration and immigration - Environmental aspects Emigration and immigration - Political aspects - United States Environmentalism - Political aspects - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States
ISBN	1-4529-4570-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. We Have Always Been Restrictionists; 2. Naturalizing Nativism; 3. The Challenge of Ecocommunitarian Restrictionism; 4. Responding to Restrictionism; 5. Toward an Environmental Political Theory of Migration; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910797626503321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Publications, , 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (649 p.)
Disciplina	325.73
Soggetto topico	Public opinion - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-322-30578-1 1-78268-239-2 1-4522-6665-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""POLITICAL DEBATES: INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1 - Legal Immigration Selection System""; ""Chapter 2 - Gender and Refugee Status""; ""Chapter 3 - Naturalization Process""; ""Chapter 4 - Legalization (Amnesty) for Unauthorized Immigrants""; ""Chapter 5 - Birthright Citizenship""; ""Chapter 6 - Immigrant Voting""; ""Chapter 7 - Nativism""; ""Chapter 8 - Federal Policy Versus Decentralized Policy""; ""Chapter 9 - U.S. Border Control"" ""Chapter 10 - Immigrant Detention and Deportation Under the Obama Administration""""Chapter 11 - Arizona's S.B. 1070""; ""Chapter 12 - Driver's Licenses""; ""Chapter 13 - Crime""; ""ECONOMIC, LABOR, AND DEMOGRAPHIC DEBATES: INTRODUCTION ""; ""Chapter 14 - Cost to Taxpayers""; ""Chapter 15 - Depression of Wages and Price Levels""; ""Chapter 16 - Remittances""; ""Chapter 17 - H-1B Visas""; ""Chapter 18 - Temporary Worker Programs""; ""Chapter 19 - Secure ID Cards""; ""Chapter 20 - Worksite Enforcement""; ""Chapter 21 - Worksite Raids""; ""Chapter 22 - Population Growth"" ""Chapter 23 - Environment and Immigration""""SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEBATES: INTRODUCTION ""; ""Chapter 24 - Family-Based Immigration""; ""Chapter 25 - Cultural Assimilation""; ""Chapter 26 - Social and Political Integration""; ""Chapter 27 - Catholic Church and Immigration""; ""Chapter 28 - English as Official Language""; ""Chapter 29 - English Instruction in the Classroom""; ""Chapter 30 - Higher Education and Immigration Status""; ""Chapter 31 - Racial Profiling""; ""Chapter 32 - State and Local Law Enforcement""; ""Chapter 33 - Use of the Term ""Illegal Alien"""" ""Appendix: Documents Highlighting Key Moments in U.S. Immigration History, 1924 to 2011""""INDEX""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480253903321

Autore	Tirman John
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina	304.873
Soggetto topico	Emigration and immigration - Government policy - United States Immigrants - United States - Social conditions Immigrants - United States - Public opinion Latin Americans - United States - Social conditions Hispanic Americans - Social conditions Public opinion - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-262-32851-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Raid: The Second Great Migration and the Culture of Resistance; 2 Raiding the Schools: The Riven Soul of Arizona; 3 The Usual Suspects: The Raid in New Bedford; 4 Dreaming the Dream: The Next Generation; 5 Raids Gone Global: Genocide in Guatemala and Wars in Mexico; 6 The Rocky Road to Reform; 7 Legality and Language as Cultural Weapons; 8 Hope for the Dream Chasers; Notes; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910460184703321