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This book illustrates how immigration has been a controversial political and social issue throughout U.S. history and documents how today's heated discussion over illegal immigration raises many of the same issues that America has grappled with in earlier eras.

The Immigration Debate: A Historical Guide to Controversial Issues in America will be fascinating to anyone seeking a better grasp of the important immigration discussions and debates in the nation's history. The book should also be considered essential reading to professionals who work in immigration and immigrant-related fields.

The book's chapters examine the different controversies surrounding immigration that arise at different points in U.S. history in a chronological fashion, serving to illustrate the recurring nature of immigration controversies. The author illuminates both the multidimensional nature of the immigration issue as well as the difficulties and pitfalls inherent in oversimplifying its complexities. The Immigration Debate offers an unbiased and comprehensive analysis of the historical immigration debate that will engage and educate readers on both sides of the issue.