Immigration and the Border - 9780268206338

Immigration and the BorderPolitics and Policy in the New Latino Century\nAuthor(s): David L. Leal, Jos E. Limn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Notre Dame Press, United States\nImprint: University of Notre Dame Press\nISBN-13: 9780268206338, 978-0268206338\nSynopsis\nThe advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment in the history of Latinos in the United States. The \""fourth wave\"" of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration, which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences and humanities. \n\n The contributors to Immigration and the B.