The year 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1965—a landmark decision that made the United States the diverse nation it is today. In The Law that Changed the Face of America; congressional journalist and immigration expert Margaret Sands Orchowski delivers a never before told story of how immigration laws have moved in constant flux and revision throughout our nation’s history. Exploring the changing immigration environment of the twenty-first century; Orchowski discusses globalization; technology; terrorism; economic recession; and the expectations of the millennials. She also addresses the ever present U.S. debate about the roles of the various branches of government in immigration; and the often competitive interests between those who want to immigrate to the United States and the changing interests; values; ability; and right of our sovereign nation states to choose and welcome those immigrants who will best advance the country.
#1373810 in Books 2011-09-22 2011-09-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.05 x .44 x 6.20l; .74 #File Name: 1442210311200 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent book on the totality of the African American Experience in WWII both at home and abroad.By Robert I. WilliamsThis is an outstanding book. If you seek information on military tactics or how many POW's the 761st tank battalion took during WW II then look else where; but if you; like me want to get some sense of what it was to be an African American in 1940 and be faced with the delima of fighting for a country that did not respect you as human being; then you want to read this book. I wanted to get some sense of what my parents lived through and why my father would volunteer to serve in the Jim Crow Army that I had read about.This book was not just about war overseas it was about the war to gain respect here in the United States. This essence of this book is what African Americans dealt with at home as opposed to what they dealt with overseas against German; Japanese and Italian soldiers. The greater fight for African Americans was here not overseas. The greater fight for African Americans and other minorities was against a Jim Crow America; not Germany; Italy or Japan. If you believe that the generation that fought WWII was the greatest generation of Americans then you will appreciate more the fact that the African Americans of that generation were indeed the greatest generation and without them or because of them the fight for civil rights in the 60's turned out the way it did. Excellent book.2 of 4 people found the following review helpful. could have done a better jobBy Ed HensonThe writer gave you a cursory review of black americans during ww11. It mainly addressed the political issues and not the military activities of black Americans during that conflict.
