Debating Immigration

Carol M. Swain is an award-winning political scientist and member of the James Madison Society at Princeton University, New Jersey. She is the author or editor of seven books. Her highly acclaimed Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress (1993) won three national prizes, including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the US on government, politics or international affairs. Dr Swain has been cited by the US Supreme Court and profiled in major publications and documentaries. She regularly makes guest appearances on numerous national and international radio and TV shows. Her opinion pieces have been published in major national and international newspapers.

• Part I. Economics, Demographics, and Race: 1. Race, immigration and civil rights law in the low-skilled workplace John D. Skrentny; 2. Comprehensive immigration confusion Peter Skerry; 3. Who got the jobs? Two-thirds of long term employment growth has done to immigrants, 2000 to 2017 Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler; 4. The congressional black caucus and the impact of immigration on African American unemployment Carol M. Swain; 5. Will Hispanic and Asian immigrants save America? Amitai Etzioni; Part II. Law and Policy: 6. The progressive argument for reducing immigration into the United States Philip Cafaro; 7. What should comprehensive immigration reform encompass? Carol M. Swain; 8. Unintended consequences and path dependencies: explaining the post 1965 surge in Latin American immigration Douglas S. Massey and Karen A. Pren; 9. Alien rights, citizen rights, and the politics of restriction Rogers M. Smith; 10. Beyond legal and illegal: a new framework for the immigration debate Noah Pickus and Peter Skerry; 11. Federalism and the politics of immigration reform Carol M. Swain and Virginia M. Yetter; 12. Barack Obama: testing the constitutional limits on the executive Carol M. Swain; Part III. Philosophy and Religion: 13. Biblical prudence and American immigration Jim Edwards; 14. The moral dilemma of US immigration policy: open borders vs. social justice? Stephen Macedo; 15. Carved from the inside out: American ambivalence about immigration Elizabeth F. Cohen; Part IV. Cosmopolitanism: How European Nations Deal With Immigration: 16. The politics of citizenship and belonging in Europe Marc Morje Howard and Sara Wallace Goodman; 17. Globalization, migration and governance Susan F. Martin; 18. The free economy and the Jacobin state, or how Europe can cope with large scale immigration Randall Hansen; 19. Human smuggling and trafficking into Europe Louise Shelley and Camilo Pardo; Part V. Conclusion: 20. Concluding thoughts Carol M. Swain.

'Carol M. Swain has a knack for identifying important issues of social welfare policy before other analysts. From her background and research, she sees issues, trends, and perspectives in an important way. Hers is a voice that needs to be part of any conversation on immigration.' James F. Blumstein, University Professor of Constitutional Law and Health Law and Policy, Vanderbilt Law School and Medical School