"They take our jobs!" and 20 other myths about immigration /
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Boston, Mass. :
Beacon Press,
c2007.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Immigrants and the economy
- Myth 1. Immigrants take American jobs
- Myth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages
- Myth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class
- Myth 4. Immigrants don't pay taxes
- Myth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy
- Myth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances
- pt. 2. Immigrants and the law
- Myth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just like immigrants in the past did
- Myth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants
- Myth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy
- pt. 3. Immigration and race
- Myth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world
- Myth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing
- Myth 12. Today's immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating
- Myth 13. Today's immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem
- pt. 4. How have U.S. policies created immigration?
- Myth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living
- Case study : the Philippines
- pt. 5. The debate at the turn of the millennium
- Myth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that
- Myth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration
- Myth 17. Immigration is a problem
- Myth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out
- Myth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country
- Myth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported
- Myth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there's nothing we can do about them
- Epilogue
- Timeline.