Immigration Policy

Nightly Nativism Nightly Nativism

CNN pundit Lou Dobbs has made himself a "specialist" in channeling nativist, nationalist and even white supremacist rhetoric.

Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar

Locked and Loaded Locked and Loaded

The Minutemen have been transformed from an extremist "citizen border patrol" to part of the neocon establishment. Has their leader sold out, or bought in?

Aug 15, 2006 / Feature / Susy Buchanan and David Holthouse

Same Old Song Same Old Song

American history is marked by waves of immigrants--from Germans in the eighteenth century to Mexicans in the twenty-first--and by nativist backlashes against them.

Aug 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Tichenor

White Heat White Heat

Welcome to Nashville, Tennessee, the unlikely symbol of the biggest American immigrant resettlement since the Industrial Revolution. It's also the white-hot nexus of the new Americ...

Aug 10, 2006 / Feature / Bob Moser

The New Nativism The New Nativism

The nation must address the working-class anxieties underlying the anti-Hispanic sentiments now rising in Middle America--and Congress must pass an enlightened immigration bill tha...

Aug 10, 2006 / The Editors

What They’re Marching For What They’re Marching For

With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and...

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Saurav Sarkar

A Shared Vision A Shared Vision

The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined f...

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil

A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale

Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Michelle García

Voices of a New Movimiento Voices of a New Movimiento

As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.

Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato

Mexico’s Exodus: Blip on the Radar? Mexico’s Exodus: Blip on the Radar?

Declining birthrates in Mexico give the lie to American fears of an influx of immigrants. As birthrates plummet around the world, America's real problem may be a shortage, not a su...

May 30, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

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