Bernan Press
Pages: 236
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-64143-352-5 • Hardback • February 2020 • $80.00 • (£62.00)
978-1-64143-353-2 • eBook • February 2020 • $76.00 • (£58.00)
Yoku Shaw-Taylor is an Applied Sociologist with a PhD from George Washington University. He was Research Scientist at NORC, University of Chicago, and an Operations Research Analyst (Contractor) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of the first edition of Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security.
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.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: At the Intersection of Migration, Social Facts, and Security
Chapter 1: To Protect the Border
Chapter 2: To Facilitate Trade and Travel
Chapter 3: Immigration, Prejudice and Profiling, and Society’s Wars
Chapter 4: Securing the Border Since 1789: Customs, Immigration, and Agriculture Inspections
Chapter 5: A Nation of Immigrants: The Required Background Story
Chapter 6: Assimilation in America
Chapter 7: Incident Logs from the Border
Chapter 8: Separations and Walls
Appendix A: Immigration Legislation
Appendix B: A Log of Administrative Directives and Proclamations for Immigration and Border Security Since 2017
Appendix C: Selected Data on Naturalizations, Refugees, Individuals Granted Asylum, and Aliens Removed, 2008–2017
Appendix D: United States Border Patrol, Southwest Border Sectors, Total Illegal Alien Apprehensions by Fiscal Year
Notes
Index
About the Authors