Ernesto Castañeda is the director of the Immigration Lab and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. His books include A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona (2018); Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States (2019); and Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration (2024).Carina Cione is a sociologist and writer based out of Baltimore, MD. Their work has been featured by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Trauma Care, El Paso News, and American University’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies Working Paper Series.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Immigration as a History of Exclusion and Homemaking1. The Southern Border Is Safe, but Border Enforcement Makes It Unsafe for Many2. Border Walls Do Not Keep Immigrants Out of a Country3. Immigrants Commit Less Crime than Native-Born People4. Immigrants Want to, and Do, Learn the Local Language5. Immigrants Do Not Depend on Welfare Programs More than Native-Born People6. Remittances Do Not Drain Host Countries’ Economies and Are Not Like Foreign Aid7. There Is No Refugee Crisis8. Globalization and Migration Are Independent Processes9. Brexit Did Not Halt Immigration to the United Kingdom10. Immigrants Can Integrate While Maintaining Their IdentitiesNotesReferencesIndex

There’s an abyss between what people think about immigration and what the evidence shows. Immigration Realities bridges that abyss by setting the record straight on critical topics like the border, crime, assimilation, welfare, remittances, and refugees. This is an important book for all audiences.

Ernesto Castañeda is the director of the Immigration Lab and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. His books include A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona (2018); Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States (2019); and Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration (2024).Carina Cione is a sociologist and writer based out of Baltimore, MD. Their work has been featured by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Trauma Care, El Paso News, and American University’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies Working Paper Series.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Immigration as a History of Exclusion and Homemaking1. The Southern Border Is Safe, but Border Enforcement Makes It Unsafe for Many2. Border Walls Do Not Keep Immigrants Out of a Country3. Immigrants Commit Less Crime than Native-Born People4. Immigrants Want to, and Do, Learn the Local Language5. Immigrants Do Not Depend on Welfare Programs More than Native-Born People6. Remittances Do Not Drain Host Countries’ Economies and Are Not Like Foreign Aid7. There Is No Refugee Crisis8. Globalization and Migration Are Independent Processes9. Brexit Did Not Halt Immigration to the United Kingdom10. Immigrants Can Integrate While Maintaining Their IdentitiesNotesReferencesIndex

There’s an abyss between what people think about immigration and what the evidence shows. Immigration Realities bridges that abyss by setting the record straight on critical topics like the border, crime, assimilation, welfare, remittances, and refugees. This is an important book for all audiences.

Ernesto Castañeda is the director of the Immigration Lab and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. His books include A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona (2018); Building Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States (2019); and Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration (2024).Carina Cione is a sociologist and writer based out of Baltimore, MD. Their work has been featured by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Trauma Care, El Paso News, and American University’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies Working Paper Series.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Immigration as a History of Exclusion and Homemaking1. The Southern Border Is Safe, but Border Enforcement Makes It Unsafe for Many2. Border Walls Do Not Keep Immigrants Out of a Country3. Immigrants Commit Less Crime than Native-Born People4. Immigrants Want to, and Do, Learn the Local Language5. Immigrants Do Not Depend on Welfare Programs More than Native-Born People6. Remittances Do Not Drain Host Countries’ Economies and Are Not Like Foreign Aid7. There Is No Refugee Crisis8. Globalization and Migration Are Independent Processes9. Brexit Did Not Halt Immigration to the United Kingdom10. Immigrants Can Integrate While Maintaining Their IdentitiesNotesReferencesIndex

There’s an abyss between what people think about immigration and what the evidence shows. Immigration Realities bridges that abyss by setting the record straight on critical topics like the border, crime, assimilation, welfare, remittances, and refugees. This is an important book for all audiences.