Arguing Immigration: The Debate Over the Changing Face of America

by Nicolaus, Mills

This remarkable collection of writings provides a wide diversity of answers to one of today's most emotionally charged questions.

Spanning the whole political spectrum and covering issues from jobs and the economy to race and culture, it includes the strong opinions of writers and critics from Toni Morrison to Francis Fukuyama.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

Reviews

[Michael McCormick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book, which was published in 1994, and which I have had in my personal library since then, because it is short and because I thought that it would be a good background read to more current books on the topic that Professor Zeke Hernandez, of the Wharton School, recommended to me after I met him last year.

Overall, I liked the Peggy Noonan article best because she describes what a great compliment that immigrants are paying to the USA by demonstrating, by picking up everything and coming here, what a great Nation we have. Moreover, Ms. Noonan says that as Americans, our collective attitude should be to be wecoming and to give immigrants a seat at our table.

I liked all the articles, even the one by the fellow from the Sierra Club, insofar as his article opened my eyes to the kind of thinking that the Sierra Club expounds.

Overall, I am glad that I read this collection of articles and essays, and I find it remarkable how immigration has remained a issue at the forefront of politics since the changes in immigration laws in the seventies and eighties.

[David Garza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, the only reason I picked this up was that Toni Morrison had an article in it, but I decided to read the whole book. It was interesting reading these essays from the early '90s in 2019.

[Fatima]

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[Sue Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an outdated look at the topic, the book being published in the mid-nineties but gives insight into where we were over twenty years ago...a place not so much different from where we are today.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

not much new info