Illegal immigration
By: Paul Hina, book editor.
Contributors: Hina, Paul.
Series: Contemporary issues companion
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737739480; 9780737739497
Subjects: Illegal aliens -- United States -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Americans are divided over illegal immigrants / Pew Research Center for the People and the Press; title: The government should have a role in encouraging assimilation / Karen Brulliard; title: Immigrants are assimilating to American culture / Stephen J. Trejo; title: Immigrants are not assimilating to American culture / David Frum; title: Illegal immigrants are less likely to commit crime / Ruben G. Rumbaut and Walter A. Ewing; title: Illegal immigrants are dangerous for America / R. Cort Kirkwood; title: Immigrants hurt the U.S. economy / Steven Malanga; title: Immigrants help the U.S. economy / Daniel Griswold; title: Illegal immigrants are costing public schools too much / Jack Martin; title: Illegal immigrants and their children should be educated despite costs / Jennifer Radcliffe; title: Immigrants are abusing the public health system / Alison Green and Jack Martin; title: Immigrants are not a cause for the failing public health system / Meredith L. King; title: Legislation should not reward illegal immigrants / Mike Pence; title: Legislation should not punish all illegal immigrants / Edward M. Kennedy; title: Amnesty for illegal immigrants is bad for America / Kris W. Kobach; title: Amnesty for illegal immigrants is good for America / Justin Akers Chacon; title: State governments are forced to act in the absence of federal immigration reform / T.R. Reid; title: My family's journey across the U.S. border / Faviola Rubio; title: Life as an illegal immigrant in America / Rick Lavender; title: Patrolling the U.S. border / Malia Politzer; title: A minuteman guards the border / Charlie LeDuff; title: Living on the border / Leo W. Banks.