Description:
Charting the history of U.S. immigration policy and public reaction to newcomers from the Puritan colonists to World War II refugees, Unwelcome Strangers uncovers the heated arguments of the anti-immigration forces: environmental groups that warn against the consequences of overpopulation, economic concerns that immigrants take jobs away from Americans, and assimilationist fears that newcomers--especially from Latin America, and Asia--threaten American culture.
Brief description: David Reimers is professor emeritus in history at NYU. He is the co-author of Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration (Columbia University Press, 2009) and Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration (Columbia University Press, 1999).
Review Quotes: Reimers provides a useful survey of the current state of federal immigration law and enforcement policies as well as proposed changes in the existing regulations.-- "Boston Book Review"