Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security

Yoku Shaw-Taylor is an Applied Sociologist with a PhD from George Washington University. He was Research Scientist at NORC, University of Chicago, and an Operations Research Analyst (Contractor) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of the first edition of Immigration, Assimilation, and Border Security. Lorraine McCall is a quantitative analyst with a Doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She was a charter employee with the Department of Homeland Security in 2003. She worked extensively with the Office of Field Operations and with the Office of Border Patrol at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as on international and trade issues. At U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Dr. McCall conducted studies of immigration fraud and at the recently renamed Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency, she served as a senior advisor and analyst.

• ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: At the Intersection of Migration, Social Facts, and Security Chapter 1: To Protect the Border Chapter 2: To Facilitate Trade and Travel Chapter 3: Immigration, Prejudice and Profiling, and Society’s Wars Chapter 4: Securing the Border Since 1789: Customs, Immigration, and Agriculture Inspections Chapter 5: A Nation of Immigrants: The Required Background Story Chapter 6: Assimilation in America Chapter 7: Incident Logs from the Border Chapter 8: Separations and Walls Appendix A: Immigration Legislation Appendix B: A Log of Administrative Directives and Proclamations for Immigration and Border Security Since 2017 Appendix C: Selected Data on Naturalizations, Refugees, Individuals Granted Asylum, and Aliens Removed, 2008–2017 Appendix D: United States Border Patrol, Southwest Border Sectors, Total Illegal Alien Apprehensions by Fiscal Year Notes Index About the Authors