Opening the Floodgates - Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Laws

Makes the case for eliminating the border as a legal construct that impedes the movement of people into the US

About the author

Kevin R. Johnson is Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicano/a Studies at the University of California Davis. His books include Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader (NYU Press, 2002) and The "Huddled Masses" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights.

Summary

Offers an alternative vision of how US borders might be reconfigured, grounded in moral, economic, and policy arguments for open borders. This book suggests that open borders are entirely consistent with efforts to prevent terrorism that have dominated immigration enforcement since the events of September 11, 2001.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin R Johnson, Kevin R. Johnson
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2009
• EAN: 9780814743096
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-4309-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Series: Critical America; Critical America Series; Critical America (New York Uni; Critical America (New York Uni; Critical America
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education