Immigration

Immigration is a comprehensive and practical guide to the history economics and contributions of immigrants written by a former key policymaker who is now a leading researcher in the field.Immigration is a comprehensive examination of U.S. immigration policies and their impact on the nation combining a historical overview and a guide to how immigration works in practice. In this one-volume compendium on the history politics culture and contributions of immigrants to the United States the author uses his experience in key immigration policy posts to provide an insider''s perspective on a broad array of immigration-related issues.Offering a detached unbiased analysis of the economic fiscal and other impacts of current immigration policies he recommends reforms and policy solutions for the thorniest immigration issues such as illegal immigration. But the book does not ignore the fact that immigration has always enriched and strengthened our nation. Along with policy considerations it also encompasses enlightening profiles detailing the many contributions of individual immigrants in such diverse areas as science sports the military and business.