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Beacon Press
Language
English
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"Asian American Histories of the United States illuminates how an over-century-long history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the United States is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early twenty-first century"--
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
English
Description
"Immigration Matters brings together key movement leaders and academics in the immigration space to share cutting-edge approaches to the question of America's borders-who should be allowed in, and who, if anyone, should be kept out. The book delves into topics including new ways to frame immigration issues, fresh thinking on key aspects of policy, challenges of integration, workers' rights, family re-unification, legalization, paths to citizenship,...
4) Oye, Trump
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Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
junio de 2017
Language
Español
Description
"Desde hace más de medio siglo, la migración de mexicanos ha sido parte fundamental de la fuerza laboral que impulsa a nuestro vecino del norte. Estos compatriotas no han figurado en las agendas de los políticos en México, ni siquiera cuando Donald Trump alentó el racismo y la "hispanofobia" en Estados Unidos. Entre enero y marzo de 2017, Andrés Manuel López Obrador visitó varias ciudades en la unión americana para mostrar su solidaridad...
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English
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"In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile."--
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new Polaroid camera--the family is heading for the Apacheria:...
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Estela Jaurez, a young American girl who writes letters to her local newspaper, to Congress, and even to the president, pleading for someone to listen and reunite her family after her mother's deportation"--
12) New Americans
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Series
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Explores age old debates regarding immigration and new Americans entering the U.S. Concepts include: question and answers, opinions, and debates. Activities allow the reader to create their own stance on several topics related to immigration"--Provided by publisher.
"Informational text uses a historical framework to discuss issues surrounding immigration. Sections include opinions from notable Americans on various sides of the issue followed by...
14) Desierto sonoro
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Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
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Description
Un matrimonio en plena crisis viaja en coche con sus dos hijos pequeños desde Nueva York hasta Arizona. Ambos son documentalistas y cada uno se concentra en un proyecto propio: él está tras los rastros de la última banda apache; ella busca documentar la diáspora de niños que llega a la frontera del país en busca de asilo. Mientras el coche familiar atraviesa el vasto territorio norteamericano, los dos niños escuchan las conversaciones e historias...
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As debates on immigration have reached fever pitch, so has political and media fearmongering. But what are the facts behind the headlines? This book is an essential guide to one of our most divisive political issues, showing how we can move beyond today's deeply polarized debate and make migration work better for everyone."--Publisher marketing.
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English
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"In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as children were torn from their parents at the US-Mexico border under Trump's 'family separation' policy. But as historian Ana Raquel Minian [explains], this was only the latest chapter in a saga tracing back to the 1800s--one in which immigrants to the United States have been held without recourse to their constitutional rights. Braiding together the ... stories of four migrants seeking to escape the turmoil...
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English
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In this book, pundit Buchanan reveals the perilous path our nation has taken: The era of U.S. global dominance is over. A struggle for hegemony among the United States, China, a resurgent Russia and radical Islam has begun. Torn apart by a culture war, America has begun to break down along class, cultural, ethnic, and racial lines. Free trade is hollowing out U.S. industry, destroying the dollar, and plunging the country into permanent dependency...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years.
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