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The Reference Shelf: U.S. National Debate Topic 2018-2019: Immigration

Table of Contents

Preface




1 Immigration Then and Now




Letting Them In: America’s Turbulent Immigration History




US Has Long History of Restricting Immigrants




The U.S. Immigration Debate




The Facts about Immigration




Bring on the Conservative Debate for Immigration




Only Mass Deportation Can Save America




The Case Against Immigration: Why the United States Should Look Out for Itself




Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Will Seriously Damage the Economy




2 DREAMers and Asylum




Immigration Issues: Dreamers, Workers, and Refugees




It’s Not Illegal Immigration That Worries Republicans Anymore




The Republican Party Is Turning Against Legal Immigration




The H1-B Visa Debate, Explained




Feds Prosecuting Illegal Immigrants for Enticing Relatives to U.S.




“Dreamers” Could Give US Economy—and Even American Workers—a Boost




To Curb Illegal Immigration, DHS Separating Families at the Border




3 The Census




The Politics of Demography: The Census Bureau and Immigration




The Controversial Question DOJ Wants to Add to the U.S. Census




The Census Has Always Been Political: Especially When It Comes to Race, Ethnicity, and National Origin




Illegal Immigration Gives Cities Political Power




The 2020 Census Citizenship Question Is Spelling Trouble in Texas




Why a Census Question about Citizenship Should Worry You, Whether You’re a Citizen or Not




4 Border Wall




The Wall Before the Storm




The High Cost and Diminishing Returns of a Border Wall




The Wall: The Real Costs of a Barrier Between the United States and Mexico




What Geology Has to Say About Building a 1,000-Mile Border Wall




Trump Privately Presses for U.S. Military to Pay for Border Wall




In 2006, Democrats Were Saying “Build That Fence!”




Landowners Likely to Bring More Lawsuits as Trump Moves on Border Wall




The Taking: How the Federal Government Abused Its Power to Seize Property for a Border Fence




5 Sanctuary




The Politics of Sanctuary




The False Promise of Sanctuary Cities




The Trump Administration’s First Step to Defund “Sanctuary Cities” Is Surprisingly Cautious




Whom Do Sanctuary Cities Protect?




Trump Administration Sues California Over Laws Protecting Immigrants




Municipal Suffrage, Sanctuary Cities, and the Contested Meaning of Citizenship




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