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Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security - Couverture rigide

Shaw-Taylor, Yoku; McCall, Lorraine

 
9781641433525: Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security

Synopsis

This second edition is an update of the intersection of border security, immigration, and assimilation in the U.S.A. In addition to the history of immigration and custom services and shifts in attitudes about immigration, this edition provides new information about the operations of the Department of Homeland Security to secure the border. A new chapter examines developments in immigration policy relating to the border wall, family separation, unaccompanied immigrant minors and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA. The book includes real-life stories of difficult incidents that arise due to the complicated relationship between immigration and border security. The authors review prospects for comprehensive immigration policy and border security policy.

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À propos des auteurs

Yoku Shaw-Taylor studies and writes about immigration. He is editor of Immigration, the Borderlands and the Resilient Homeland, (2023). He is co-editor (with Steve Tuch) of The Other African Americans: Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States, (2007). He is co-author (with Lorraine McCall) of Immigration, Assimilation and Border Security, second edition, (2020). He is co-author (with Pamela Peck Williams) of a history book of photo essays, Images of America: Bowie, (2016). His research publications are trans-disciplinary. Yoku has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the George Washington University.

Lorraine McCall is a quantitative analyst with a Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She was a charter employee with the Department of Homeland Security in 2003. She worked extensively with the Office of Field Operations and with the Office of Border Patrol at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as on international and trade issues. At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Dr. McCall conducted studies of immigration fraud and at the recently renamed Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency, she served as a senior advisor and analyst.

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