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The advent of the twenty-first century marks a significant moment in the history of Latinos in the United States. The “fourth wave” of immigration to America is primarily Latino, and the last decades of the twentieth century saw a significant increase in the number of Latino migrants, a diversification of the nations contributing to this migration, and an increase in the size of the native-born Latino population. A backlash against unauthorized immigration, which may indict all Latinos, is also underway. Understanding the growing Latino population, especially its immigrant dimensions, is therefore a key task for researchers in the social sciences and humanities.
The contributors to Immigration and the Border address immigration and border politics and policies, focusing on the U.S. side of the border. The volume editors have arranged the essays into five sections. The two chapters in the first section set the stage and discuss the binational lives of Mexican migrants; chapters in the subsequent sections highlight specific political and policy themes: civic engagement, public policies, political reactions against immigrants, and immigrant leadership. Because the immigration experience encompasses many facets of political life and public policy, the varied perspectives of the contributors offer a mosaic that contextualizes the impact of and contributions by contemporary Latino immigrants. Their research will appeal not only to scholars but to policymakers and the public and will inform contentious debates about migration and migrants.
"Other than its interdisciplinary approach, the collection's helpfulness results from its inclusion of youth (a sector of the Latino population that is exploding but often not understood or studied), the fact that in several essays the researchers point to policies that are more productive, and an approach that does not ignore those left behind in the sending countries." —Theological Studies
David L. Leal is associate professor of government and Mexican American studies, Director of the Irma Rangel Public Policy Institute, and Director of the Immigration Studies Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin.
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Gilberto Cárdenas, David L. Leal, and Jill Strube
Part I. Setting the Stage—Binational Lives
1. Formal and Informal Institutions in the Construction of Transnational Lives: A Study of Mexican and Mexican American Experiences in San Antonio, Texas— A Mexican-Majority U.S. City by Harriett D. Romo
2. Looking North and the Immigrant’s Social Imaginary by Ricardo Ainslie and Daphny Dominguez Ainslie
Part II. Immigrants and Civic Life
3. Latino Immigrants: Transnationalism, Patterns of Multiple Citizenships, and Social Capital by John A. Garcia
4. The Political Consequences of Latino Immigrant Transnational Ties by Adrian D. Pantoja, Rafael A. Jimeno, and Javier M. Rodriguez
5. From Naturalized Citizen to Voter: The Context of Naturalization and Electoral Participation in Latino Communities by Louis DeSipio
6. At Home Abroad? The Dominican Diaspora in New York City as a Transnational Political Actor by Adrian D. Pantoja
Part III. Immigration and Public Policy
7. U.S. and Mexican Schools as Regulators of Dropout Rates for Chicano Students by Raymond V. Padilla
8. Eligibility, Enrollment, Utilization: Barriers to Public Insurance Access among Latino Families in the Age of Welfare and Health Care Reform by Adela de la Torre, Jessica Nuñez de Ybarra, Marisol Cortez, and Emily Prieto
9. Cultural Sensitivity or Cultural Innovation? A Review of Interventions to Improve Enrollment of Latino Immigrant Children in Public Insurance Programs by Adela de la Torre, Jessica Nuñez de Ybarra, Marisol Cortez, and Emily Prieto
10. Policy Actors and the Immigration Policy Process by Lisa Magaña
Part IV. Political Reactions to Immigration
11. Rhetoric and Realities: American Immigration Policy after September 11, 2001 by Rodolfo Espino and Rafael A. Jimeno
12. Indecent Proposal? The Rise and Success of Arizona Proposition 200 by Sylvia Manzano
13. Proposition 200 in Arizona: Déjà vu All Over Again by Manuel Avalos and Lisa Magaña
14. Are Anti-Immigrant Statements Racist or Nativist? What Difference Does It Make? by René Galindo and Jami Vigil
Part V. Immigrants and Leadership
15. Latino Youth Activists in the Age of Globalization by Maria de los Angeles Torres
16. The Emerging Community Leadership and Transnational Politics of Mexican National Immigrants in New England by Martha Montero-Sieburth
List of Contributors
Index