Bringing nuance, complexity, and clarity to a subject often seen in black and white,
Writing Immigration presents a unique interplay of leading scholars and journalists working on the contentious topic of immigration. In a series of powerful essays, the contributors reflect on how they struggle to write about one of the defining issues of our time—one that is at once local and global, familiar and uncanny, concrete and abstract. Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, their essays explore topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptations of the second generation, and more. Together, these writings give a clear sense of the ways in which scholars and journalists enter, shape, and sometimes transform this essential yet unfinished national conversation.
Table of Content
Preface
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Vivian Louie, and Roberto Suro
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Roberto Suro
Part One. Immigration and the Law
1. The Making of an Outlaw Generation
Nina Bernstein
2. The Integrated Regime of Immigration Regulation
Cristina M. Rodríguez
3. What Part of ‘Illegal’ Don’t You Understand?
Dianne Solis
4. Some Observations about Immigration Journalism
Peter H. Schuck
INTERLUDE I. Covering Immigration: From Stepchild Beat to Newsroom Mainstream
Patrick J. Mc Donnell
Part Two. Immigration and the Economy
5. Consensus, Debate, and Wishful Thinking: The Economic Impact of Immigration
Edward Schumacher-Matos
6. Ten Top Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration
Barry R. Chiswick
Interlude II. A Son of Immigrants on Covering Immigration
George de Lama
Part Three. Immigration and the Second Generation
7. The Education Transformation: Why the Media Missed One of the Biggest Stories in America
Ginger Thompson
8. Moving Stories: Academic Trajectories of Newcomer Immigrant Students
Carola Suárez-Orozco
9. Who Will Report the Next Chapter of America’s Immigration Story?
Tyche Hendricks
10. Complicating the Story of Immigrant Integration
Vivian Louie
11. Debating Immigration: Are We Addressing the Right Issues?
Mary C. Waters
Afterword
Roberto Suro
Contributors
Index
About the author
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, The Ross University Professor at New York University, is the author and editor of many books including Latinos: Remaking America (UC Press), co-edited by Mariela Páez. Vivian Louie is Associate Professor of Education at Harvard University and the author of Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans. Roberto Suro is Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at the University of Southern California and the author of Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America, among other books.
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