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Clamor at the gates : the new American immigration / edited by Nathan Glazer.

Contributor Glazer, Nathan.

Imprint:San Francisco, CA : ICS Press, c1985.

Descriptionix, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:I. INTRODUCTION -- Sec.1 INTRODUCTION / Nathan Glazer. -- II. MAKING AN IMMIGRATION POLICY -- Sec.2 THE SEARCH FOR A SOUND IMMIGRATION POLICY: A PERSONAL VIEW / Lawrence H. Fuchs. -- International cooperation -- The open society? -- The rule of law -- How many? -- What to do about illegal migration -- Legalization -- Guestworkers -- Refugees -- Asylees -- By what criteria should immigrants be admitted? -- Through what process: The administration of immigration policy -- Conclusion. -- Sec.3 "THE RIGHT THING TO DO": A HISTORY OF SIMPSON-MIZZOLI/ Harris N. Miller -- Laying the groundwork -- Putting it together -- Working and waiting -- The second time around -- How it was done -- Afterword. Sec.4 HOW SHOULD WE ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW? / Nathan Harwood -- The problem -- Prohibitory approaches to controling illegal immigration -- Rethinking Simpson-Mazzoli -- Additional considerations for stopping forced entry. -- Sec.5 MEXICAN AMERICANS, MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, AND IMMIGRATION REFORM / Rodolfo O. de la Garza -- Chicanos and Mexico -- Chicanos and the U.S. -- Reaching to the mainstream -- Perspectives on immigration reform -- A question of constituency? -- A divided community. -- III. IMMIGRANTS AND THE ECONOMY -- Sec.6 ECONOMICS EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION / Thomas Muller -- Jobs, wages, and immigration -- A historical perspective -- The new immigrants -- The economic effects of immigration in Southern California -- The public sector -- The public sector -- Distributional effects of immigration -- Conclusion. Sec.7 EMPLOYMENT TRENDS AND CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRATION POLICY / Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. -- The data dilemma -- The ability of policy to affect labor force trends -- The influence of administrative structure -- Immigration trends since 1965 -- Labor market impacts of the era of Renewed Immigration -- Concluding observations.

Note:IV. BECOMING AMERICAN -- Sec.8 IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURES IN AMERICA : KOREANS IN LOS ANGELES / Ivan Light -- The benefits of Korean Entrepreneurship -- Adverse consequences of entrepreneurship -- Koreans and other immigrants -- Causes of immigrant entrepreneurship. -- Sec.9 ASIAN AMERICANS: FROM PARIAHS TO PARAGONS / Peter I. Rose -- Jews of the east -- Sojourners and settlers -- The newest Asian Americans -- The future of Asian Ethnic groups in America. -- Sec. 10 IMMIGRANTS AND EDUCATION / Nathan Glazer -- Why the United States is different? -- What targets groups for public policy? -- What programs -- Achievement and minorities. Sec.11 THE AMBIGUITY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN POLITICS / Peter Skerry -- The Mexican American Mosiac -- The internal colony model -- Mexican Americans and Blacks -- Traditionism and religion -- Oportunities for republicans -- Conclusion. -- V. PORTENTS OF THE FUTURE -- Sec.12 FORCED MIGRATION: THE TRAGEDY OF MASS EXPULSIONS / Michaels S. Tietelbaum -- Aliens, conquerees, citizens -- Prospects for future expulsions -- Mass expulsions and international norms -- What might we learn? -- What is to be done? -- Sec.13 IMMIGRATION LAW AND THE PROBLEM OF COMMUNITY / Peter Schuck -- The conception of community -- The changing character of immigration law -- The emerging ideal of community: Some hard questions and uncertain answers. -- VII. CONCLUSION -- Sec.14 CONCLUSION /Nathan Glazer -- NOTES -- CONTRIBUTORS.

Bibliography Note:Bibliography: p. 319-334.



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