Immigration
By: Debra A. Miller, book editor
Series: Current controversies; Current controversies
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780737768749; 9780737768756
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Government policy; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime; Social aspects; Political aspects; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
Description: A compendium of opinion on the extent, law-enforcement, citizenship-possibilities, and potential reform of the U.S.'s immigration practices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Is immigration a serious problem in the United States? Illegal immigration creates large fiscal costs for US taxpayers / Robert Rector and Jason Richwine; title: Criminal illegal immigrants are a growing problem / Federation for American Immigration Reform; title: US legal immigration policies are a problem too / Ann Coulter; title: Illegal immigration benefits America / Johnny Angel Wendell; title: There is no immigration crisis / Kurt Schlichter; title: Illegal immigrants are really guest workers. We just pretend otherwise / Eric Posner; title: 2. Does the US government adequately enforce immigration laws? Immigration laws are enforced now more than ever / Immigration Policy Center; title: President Barack Obama has merely shifted priorities in immigration enforcement / PolitiFact.com; title: President Barack Obama has dismantled US immigration enforcement laws / Bob Dane and Kristen Williamson; title: President Barack Obama's deferred action program has weakened immigration enforcement / Jessica Vaughan; title: The Obama administration has weakened interior enforcement of immigration laws / Federation for American Immigration Reform; title: 3. Should illegal immigrants be granted a path to citizenship? Granting illegal immigrants a path to citizenship would boost US and state economies / Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford; title: There are many reasons to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants / Ed Krayewski; title: Most Americans support allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the United States / Pew Center for People and the Press; title: A path to citizenship for illegal immigrants would cost US taxpayers trillions / Carrie Dann; title: The DREAM Act would cost taxpayers billions of dollars / Steven A. Camarota; title: 4. Will proposed immigration reform improve the US immigration system? Chapter overview / Brianna Lee; title: The facts support immigration reform with a path to citizenship / Ann Garcia; title: The Senate's proposed immigration reform will shrink the deficit and grow the US economy / Doug Elmendorf; title: Proposed immigration reforms will bring more highly skilled workers into the US economy / Marco Rubio; title: Just and humane immigration reform will bring immigrants out of the shadows / Timothy Dolan; title: The Senate's proposed immigration reform reinforces failed immigration policies / Rosemary Jenks; title: Comprehensive immigration reform will not fix our immigration system / James Carafano; title: Immigration reform will not solve the problem of declining cheap labor from Mexico / Daniel B. Wood.