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- catalog abstract ""The past decade's explosive growth in immigration, both legal and illegal, and the changing composition of this immigrant influx, have had an extensive impact on U.S. society. The repercussions promise to multiply in the years ahead. New proposals to grant amnesty to Mexican and other illegal immigrants promise to magnify the problems and the controversy." "The number of legal immigrants alone accelerated in the 1990s to an average of more than a million a year. That's up from just over 300,000 a year in the 1960s and 600,000 a year by the 1980s. When illegal immigrants are added, the total inflow during the decade of the 1990s was approximately 12 million. Compare that with the total in the 1930s decade of just over 500,000." "Crowded Land of Liberty examines both the dimensions and the characteristics of this unprecedented growth in immigration, and how it developed into a crisis contributing to overcrowded schools, soaring demand for social services, new burdens on taxpayers, increased urban congestion and environmental harm, and heightened job competition. This has been magnified as the proportion of immigrants increased from Latin America, with their generally lower economic and educational levels."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12279047.
- catalog coverage "United States Emigration and immigration Government policy.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The past decade's explosive growth in immigration, both legal and illegal, and the changing composition of this immigrant influx, have had an extensive impact on U.S. society. The repercussions promise to multiply in the years ahead. New proposals to grant amnesty to Mexican and other illegal immigrants promise to magnify the problems and the controversy." "The number of legal immigrants alone accelerated in the 1990s to an average of more than a million a year. That's up from just over 300,000 a year in the 1960s and 600,000 a year by the 1980s. When illegal immigrants are added, the total inflow during the decade of the 1990s was approximately 12 million. Compare that with the total in the 1930s decade of just over 500,000." "Crowded Land of Liberty examines both the dimensions and the characteristics of this unprecedented growth in immigration, and how it developed into a crisis contributing to overcrowded schools, soaring demand for social services, new burdens on taxpayers, increased urban congestion and environmental harm, and heightened job competition. This has been magnified as the proportion of immigrants increased from Latin America, with their generally lower economic and educational levels."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Why a Crisis? -- Good Intentions Gone Awry -- The H-1B and Its Discontents -- Down on the Farm -- Chain Immigration Perils -- The Futility of Sponsorship -- Asylum and Amnesty -- Open Borders? They're Porous Already -- Assimilation Is Not Working -- A New Beginning.".
- catalog extent "xii, 170 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Crowded land of liberty.".
- catalog identifier "1882593413 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Crowded land of liberty.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bridgehampton, NY : Bridge Works Pub.,".
- catalog relation "Crowded land of liberty.".
- catalog spatial "United States Emigration and immigration Government policy.".
- catalog subject "325.73 21".
- catalog subject "JV6483 .E53 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Why a Crisis? -- Good Intentions Gone Awry -- The H-1B and Its Discontents -- Down on the Farm -- Chain Immigration Perils -- The Futility of Sponsorship -- Asylum and Amnesty -- Open Borders? They're Porous Already -- Assimilation Is Not Working -- A New Beginning.".
- catalog title "Crowded land of liberty : solving America's immigration crisis / by Dirk Chase Eldredge.".
- catalog type "text".