Monthly Meeting: Immigration Reform

For May’s mtg, I thought we’d try something (a bit) different. Most books on immigration that look good are $40 textbooks, so I thought we’d read one book Neil found that's by a quality scholar of immigration/race and several thorough on-line articles on immigration policy/reform from prominent think-tanks/advocates. The articles add to about 80pp of text. As always, don’t feel you have to read everything, but the book should be really good and the articles especially useful to our discussion.

Book: Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration, Douglas S. Massey. A 2003 paperback, 215pp. The San Diego CITY library has 8 copies. http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Smoke-Mirrors-Immigration-Integration/dp/087154590X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1367547931&sr=1-1&keywords=beyond+smoke+and+mirrors

Articles:

From the Immigration Policy Center:

1.The basic pro-reform case (22pp, pdf): http://immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Solutions_Paper_032310.pdf [My #1 pick.]

2. Facts and policy choices (24pp, pdf) http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/Giving_Facts_a_Fighting_Chance_101210.pdf 24pp pdf. [My #2 pick.]

From the Center for American Progress:

1. Principles of M reform (25pp, pdf): http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2009/12/pdf/immigrationreform.pdf

Lastly: My life as an Illegal Immigrant! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-undocumented-immigrant.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

See you at Monica's at the Park! Also, next Monday, May 6, my other group, Civilized Conversation, will be discussing immigration reform. See: http://civilizedconversation.wordpress.com/