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In Borders and Belonging, Hiroshi Motomura offers a complex and fair-minded account of immigration, its root causes, and the varying responses to it. Taking stock of the issue's complexity, while giving credence to the opinions of immigration critics, he tackles a series of important questions that, when answered, will move us closer to a more realistic and sustainable immigration policy. Motomura begins by affirming a basic concept.

Who controls American immigration policy? The biggest immigration controversies of the last decade have all involved policies produced by the President - policies such as President Obama protecting Dreamers from deportation and President Trump banning immigrants from several majority-Muslim nations. While critics of these policies have been separated by a vast ideological chasm, their broadsides have embodied the same widely shared belief: that Congress, not the President, ought to dictate who may come to the United States and who will be forced to leave. This belief is a myth.

"Immigration Reform: Disparate Ideas, Disparate Futures" is from the September 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Eduardo Porter and narrated by Caroline Miller.

The number of legal immigrants allowed into the United States in the 1960s was 300,000 a year. This increased reasonably to 600,000 by the 1980s. But in the 1990s, the rate accelerated to an average of more than a million a year. When the number of illegal immigrants is added to this, the total inflow during the 1990s was approximately twelve million.

At the same time that the Civil Rights Movement brought increasing opportunities for blacks, the United States liberalized its immigration policy. While the broadening of the United States's borders to non-European immigrants fits with a black political agenda of social justice, recent waves of immigration have presented a dilemma for blacks, prompting ambivalent or even negative attitudes toward migrants. What has an expanded immigration regime meant for how blacks express national attachment?

A Times, Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2023 'Illuminates some of the great trends of our time' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times 'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion _____ What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population...

Discover a groundbreaking vision for how to unlock America’s full potential for greatness from one of the country’s foremost conservative leaders: David McCormick, the former CEO of Bridgewater Associates. It’s easy to be pessimistic about the state of our country these days, but as...

A stunning blend of investigative journalism, authoritative science writing, and embedded ethnography. Every Human Intention captures the unsettling, lyrical beauty of the intimate moments and buried secrets that form Japan’s national drama. “An absolute marvel. Reveals the inner workings...

"The Supreme Court's Silent Failure on Immigration" is from the June 26, 2016, Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Linda Greenhouse and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Former ICE Director Tom Homan has been at the forefront of the conservative fight to secure our borders and offers proof that illegal immigration is not a victimless crime. Illegal immigration is the most controversial and emotional issue this country faces today. President Trump was elected on...

A concise new history of the United States revealing that crises -- not unlike those of the present day -- have determined our nation's course from the start In A Nation Forged by Crisis, historian Jay Sexton contends that our national narrative is not one of halting yet inevitable progress, but...

Investigative journalist Lee Smith uncovers what he calls the “permanent coup” — a relentless, orchestrated effort by the left to undermine President Donald J. Trump and American democracy. From the fabricated Russia collusion hoax to the violent riots that swept across American cities...

From the intellectual leader of the Republican party, an unvarnished look into the state of the conservative movement today and a clear plan for what needs to be done to save the American Idea. The Way Forward challenges conventional thinking, outlines his political vision for 2014 and beyond...

"Trump's Immigration Plan: Big Promises, Bigger Doubts" is from the May 19, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julia Preston, Alan Rappeport and Matt Richtel and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"British Leader Spurns Immigration Plan" is from the September 05, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephen Castle and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Donald J. Trump smashed many orthodoxies on his way to victory, butimmigration was the defining issue separating him from his primaryopponents and Hillary Clinton. Trump now has a clear mandate not only tostop illegal immigration, but also to finally cut the generation-longinflux of low-skilled immigrants that undermines American workers.

"Fix Immigration. It’s What Voters Want." is from the December 28, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Tom Cotton and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"As Vote on EU Membership Nears, British Data Shows Increase in Immigration" is from the May 26, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephen Castle and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Australian Senator Urges End to Muslim Immigration" is from the September 15, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michelle Innis and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Trump Suggests He'd Expand His Plans to Limit Immigration" is from the July 24, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Nicholas Confessore and narrated by Kristi Burns.

An den europäischen Außengrenzen werden vielfach Menschenrechte gebrochen. Geflüchtete werden ohne Zugang zu Asylverfahren zurückgewiesen, eingesperrt, auf dem Meer ausgesetzt und misshandelt. Erik Marquardt sitzt für die Grünen im EU-Parlament und war in den letzten Jahren immer wieder auf der Balkanroute, auf Lesbos und bei der Seenotrettung auf dem Mittelmeer. In seinem Buch macht er die Diskrepanz zwischen dem europäischen Bekenntnis zu Menschenrechten und -würde und der Wirklichkeit vor Ort deutlich.