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Informationen zum Autor By Otis L. Graham Jr. Klappentext With terrorism as a consistent threat, Americans have begun to scrutinize the effects of rising immigration and porous borders. Unguarded Gates examines America's history of immigration pressures, policy debates, and choices. In assessing the past, present, and future of immigration, Graham shows that the failure to control the influx of foreigners is leading America toward further security risks, unsustainable population growth, imported workers competition with American labor, and ultimately, social fragmentation. Zusammenfassung Examines America's history of immigration pressures! policy debates! and choices. Assessing the past! present! and future of immigration! this book shows that the failure to control the influx of foreigners is leads America towards security risks! population growth! imported workers competition with American labour! and social fragmentation. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I: Immigration Issues from the Founders to the Creation of a System of LimitationChapter 1: Nation of the Native Born Unready for the Great WaveChapter 2: Immigration Reform: The Beginnings of National PolicyChapter 3: Great Wave and the Search for National PolicyChapter 4: Labeling of ReformersChapter 5: In Search of National Immigration PolicyChapter 6: Reform Comes: New System for Choosing and Limiting America's ImmigrantsPart II: Benefits and Erosion of the National Origins SystemChapter 7: Immigration Restriction: Results and ReflectionsChapter 8: Reform of the Reform? Gate-Widening Counterattack Quietly BeginsChapter 9: Forties and Fifties: Regulated Immigration: Popular, and under Global PressurePart III: Second Great Wave and the Return of Mass ImmigrationChapter 10: Immigration Reform Again: Road to the 1965 Immigration ActChapter 11: Mass Immigration Builds Momentum: Refugees UnlimitedChapter 12: Illegal Immigration: "Peaceful Invasion" and Policy IneptitudeChapter 13: Case for Restriction: EconomicsChapter 14: Case for Restriction: Concerns over National CohesionChapter 15: Case for Restriction: Immigration's Population-Environment ConnectionPart IV: Strange Politics of Porous Borders: Present and FutureChapter 16: Politics of Immigration-The 1990sChapter 17: September 11-A Turning Point?Chapter 18: Our Mass Immigration Era: How Can This Be?Chapter 19: Dogmas of the Past...
