Kevin R. Johnson is Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicano/a Studies at the University of California Davis. His books include Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader (NYU Press, 2002) and The "Huddled Masses" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights.

• Preface and Acknowledgments 1 A Call for Truly Comprehensive Immigration Reform 2 A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Law and Enforcement 3 Bordering on the Immoral: The Moral Consequences of the Current System of Immigration Regulation 4 The Economic Bene?ts of Liberal Migration of Labor Across Borders 5 Why Open Borders Are Good for All Americans 6 The Inevitability of Permeable Borders Notes Index About the Author

No book could be more timely than Opening the Floodgates. . . . [Johnson] makes a convincing argument for the policy of open borders, if not with the world, then within North America. . . . This book encourages a broader discussion that is currently circulating in American politics, one that looks to the foundations of immigration policy and imagines a major overhaul. (Law and Politics Book Review) A highly readable argument for more permeable borders. . . Johnson offers a comprehensive case for more open borders, responds to a few important criticisms effectively, and presents some thoughtful arguments along the way. (Choice) Finally, an unflinching response to immigration alarmists! This brilliant, challenging book outlines an immigration proposal based on the reality that migration flows are not regulated by border enforcement but by social, economic, and political pressures. - Mary Romero,author of Maid in the USA