Causes of discontent -- The costs and benefits of restricting immigration -- Is America's immigration system broken? -- From global to local : towards integration or exclusion? -- The balance sheet : economic costs and benefits of immigration -- Refugees and discontent -- Crime, terrorism and...

A nation of immigrants and a gatekeeping nation : American immigration law and policy / Erika Lee -- Naturalization and nationality / Irene Bloemraad and Reed Ueda -- Immigration and ethnic politics / James J. Connolly -- Immigrant transnationals and US foreign relations / Xiao-huang Yin and...

This chapter deals with the economic and ethnic diversity caused by international labor migration, and their economic integration possibilities. It brings together three strands of literature dealing with the neoclassical economic assimilation, ethnic identities and attitudes towards immigrants...