Deporting our Souls
Values, Morality, and Immigration Policy

Discusses the major immigration policy areas and looks at how to address policy challenges from a perspective that considers the moral consequences of our decisions.

Bill Ong Hing (Author)

9780521864923, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 October 2006

236 pages, 1 table
24 x 16.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.469 kg

'… the logic of the author's moral argument is clear enough to motivate a serious re-examination of the current direction of American immigration reform.' Journal of American Ethnic History

In the past three decades, images of undocumented immigrants pouring across the southern border have driven the immigration debate and policies have been implemented in response to those images. The Oklahoma City bombings and the tragic events of September 11, both of questionable relevance to immigration policy have provided further impetus to implement strategies that are anti-immigration in design and effect. This book discusses the major immigration policy areas - undocumented workers, the immigration selection system, deportation of aggravated felons, national security and immigration policy, and the integration of new Americans - and the author suggests his own proposals on how to address the policy challenges from a perspective that encourages us to consider the moral consequences of our decisions. The author also reviews some of the policies that have been put forth and ignored and suggests new policies that would be good for the country economically and socially.

Introduction: hysteria and shame
1. Illegal immigration: give them a parade
2. Deporting our souls
3. Promoting family values and immigration
4. Misusing immigration policies in the name of homeland security
5. A welcome wagon for new Americans
Epilogue: a policy of humanity.

Subject Areas: Immigration law [LNDA1], Law [L], Human rights [JPVH]