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The immigration debate we’re not having

Emily Ryo (USC): On Normative Effects of Immigration Law. Jill E. Family (Widener): The Executive Power of Process in Immigration Law. Victor C. Romero (Penn State): The Prodigal Illegal: Christian Love and Immigration Reform. America€’s quiet crackdown on Indian immigrants: The U.S. government has moved quietly and aggressively to prevent undocumented Indians from entering the United States, many of whom are Sikhs fleeing political repression or economic collapse at home. For Marshall Islanders in the United States, cultural misunderstandings have curdled into exploitation, raising difficult questions about America’s immigration and integration policies. Steven Cohen on the immigration debate we’re not having: Central American turmoil and the drug war are fueling our immigration problems — but you’d never know it from listening to the Democrats or Republicans. You can download Arizona Firestorm: Global Immigration Realities, National Media, and Provincial Politics, ed. Otto Santa Ana and Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante.