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A revelatory new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland’s most infamous disaster In 1845, European potato fields from Spain to Scandinavia were attacked by a novel pathogen. But it was only in Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom, that the...

"They should just come legally." You've probably said it. Most Christians have. It sounds fair, reasonable, biblical even—respect the rule of law, follow proper procedures, wait your turn. But what if "coming legally" means doing the impossible? What if the legal immigration system our grandparents used no longer exists? In 1920, an Irish immigrant arrived at Ellis Island with $20 and a suitcase. Medical exam: 20 minutes. Legal inspection: 10 minutes. Admitted the same day. He followed the law. He "came legally." Today, that exact process is a federal crime. The Ellis Island system ended ...

The history of the United States has been shaped by immigration. Historians Carl J. Bon Tempo and Hasia R. Diner provide a sweeping historical narrative told through the lives and words of the quite ordinary people who did nothing less than make the nation.

Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and coming to believe in religious pluralism, from one of the most prominent faith leaders in the United States. Eboo Patel's story is a hopeful and moving testament to the power and passion of young people - and of the world-changing potential of an interfaith youth movement.

This deeply personal perspective from a human rights lawyer—whose work on the front lines of the fight against family separations in South Texas intertwines with his own story of immigrating to the United States at thirteen—reframes the United States' history as a nation of immigrants but...

Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, “fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration’s more brazen assaults on immigration” (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump’s presidency. No...

With the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers became the first group in American history to be excluded from the United States on the basis of their race and class. This landmark law changed the course of US immigration history, but we know little about its consequences for the Chinese in America or for the United States as a nation of immigrants. At America's Gates is the first book devoted entirely to both Chinese immigrants and the American immigration officials who sought to keep them out.

An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump’s border wall in San Diego—and the impact on the lives of local residents. In August of 2019, Donald Trump finished building his border wall—at least a portion of it. In San Diego, the...

**A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Dreamers and the organizations that support it.** Until Death, Jail or Deportation is the tale of what it is like to be a DACA Dreamer in today’s America. This autobiographical expression of how a parent’s love, sacrifice and struggle to provide a better life as an American for their children will not only bring light to the broken immigration system but also highlight how guarded natural born Americans are from the harsh truths of the world outside our borders. Follow the author’s harrowing tale from birth to the Trump presidency.

In 1950, Fairfax County, Virginia, was 90 percent white, 10 percent African American, with a little more than 100 families who were "other". Currently the African American percentage of the population is about the same, but the Anglo white population is less than 50 percent, and there are families of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American origin living all over the county. A Nation of Nations follows the lives of a few immigrants to Fairfax County over recent decades as they gradually "Americanize".

From the former Republican governor of Florida and a leading constitutional litigator comes a timely and provocative look at one of the most divisive issues facing the nation today—“a must-read for every citizen, wannabe citizen, legal working resident, and those illegally working in the...

Hoy, en este ineludible manifiesto social, la autora nos explica por qué está tan incondicionalmente comprometida con la humanidad, la justicia global y la conservación de la naturaleza y nos insta a actuar con urgencia, pues se trata nada más y nada menos que del futuro común de nuestro planeta.

A “lyrical and introspective” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) historical novel in verse about a Chinese teen who immigrates to the United States with his family and endures mistreatment at the Angel Island Immigration Station while trying to navigate his own course in a new world. Tai Go...