This book recovers the complexity of immigration and government efforts to govern it. One of the most exciting and well-written books on the subject.
Saskia Sassen, author of Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages An ambitious and sophisticated account of how U.S. law treats the most vulnerable among us.
David Cole, author of Enemy Aliens: Double ... Read moreStandards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism What does the Emancipation Proclamation have to do with the Patriot Act, or Jim Crow with Bush Administration memos about immigration enforcement? Why have Democrats been tougher than Republicans on 'border control,' and how did a Haitian-born, naturalized U.S. citizen's loss of 'the right to have rights' foreshadow Arizona's controversial profiling law? In an even-handed tone, Philip Kretsedemas answers these and other surprising questions. His book challenges thoughtful readers of all political positions to rethink their assumptions about immigration
and immigrants
and to ask what it really means to be part of twenty-first-century America.
Mark Dow, author of American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons Even though comprehensive immigration reform has become a political football over the last few decades, there are only a few Americans who understand the evolution of immigration legal policy within the United States over the course of our history. Kretsedemas takes the reader on a sobering narrative history of immigration policy in America in modern times. His book is a must-read for anyone seeking to overhaul our flawed immigration policies.
Arsalan Iftikhar, international human rights lawyer, global media commentator, and managing editor of The Crescent Post You can gain much insight on these and other issues relating to immigration through this book for which the author done much research and reflects his prior acquired knowledge and insight. This is a must-read for anyone who seeks to understand theU.S.immigration dilemma.
Sonu Chandiram BizIndia A sophisticated, clear-eyed analysis and critique of the limits of our current understandings of immigration policy... Kretsedemas has made a significant contribution... Highly recommended. American Journal of Sociology This thought-provoking book would fit in well in graduate courses on twentieth-century North American immigration history, as well as political science courses on migration and citizenship. Journal of American Ethnic History Show Less