Writing Immigration : Scholars and Journalists in Dialogue

Bringing nuance, complexity, and clarity to a subject often seen in black and white, __Writing Immigration__ presents a unique interplay of leading scholars and journalists working on the contentious topic of immigration. In a series of powerful essays, the contributors reflect on how they struggle to write about one of the defining issues of our time—one that is at once local and global, familiar and uncanny, concrete and abstract. Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, their essays explore topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptations of the second generation, and more. Together, these writings give a clear sense of the ways in which scholars and journalists enter, shape, and sometimes transform this essential yet unfinished national conversation. The Making Of An Outlaw Generation / Nina Bernstein -- The Integrated Regime Of Immigration Regulation / Cristina M. Rodríguez -- What Part Of Illegal Don't You Understand? / Dianne Solis -- Some Observations About Immigration Journalism / Peter H. Schuck -- Covering Immigration : From Stepchild Beat To Newsroom Mainstream / Patrick J. Mcdonnell -- Consensus, Debate, And Wishful Thinking : The Economic Impact Of Immigration / Edward Schumacher-matos -- Ten Top Myths And Fallacies Regarding Immigration / Barry R. Chiswick -- A Son Of Immigrants On Covering Immigration / George De Lama -- The Education Transformation : Why The Media Missed One Of The Biggest Stories In America / Ginger Thompson -- Moving Stories : Academic Trajectories Of Newcomer Immigrant Stories / Carola Suárez-orozco -- Who Will Report The Next Chapter Of America's Immigration Story? / Tyche Hendricks -- Complicating The Story Of Immigrant Integration / Vivian Louie -- Debating Immigration : Are We Addressing The Right Issues? / Mary C. Waters. Edited By Marcelo M. Suárez-orozco, Vivian Louie, Roberto Suro. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. Immigration and the Law 1. The Making of an Outlaw Generation 2. The Integrated Regime of Immigration Regulation 3. What Part of “Illegal” Don’t You Understand? 4. Some Observations about Immigration Journalism Interlude I. Covering Immigration: From Stepchild Beat to Newsroom Mainstream Part Two. Immigration and the Economy 5. Consensus, Debate, and Wishful Thinking: The Economic Impact of Immigration 6. Ten Top Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration Interlude II. A Son of Immigrants on Covering Immigration Part Three. Immigration and the Second Generation 7. The Education Transformation: Why the Media Missed One of the Biggest Stories in America 8. Moving Stories: Academic Trajectories of Newcomer Immigrant Students 9. Who Will Report the Next Chapter of America’s Immigration Story? 10. Complicating the Story of Immigrant Integration 11. Debating Immigration Are We Addressing the Right Issues? Afterword Contributors Index Bringing nuance, complexity, and clarity to a subject often seen in black and white, Writing Immigration presents a unique interplay of leading scholars and journalists working on the contentious topic of immigration. In a series of powerful essays, the contributors reflect on how they struggle to write about one of the defining issues of our time—one that is at once local and global, familiar and uncanny, concrete and abstract. Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, their essays explore topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptations of the second generation, and more. Together, these writings give a clear sense of the ways in which scholars and journalists enter, shape, and sometimes transform this essential yet unfinished national conversation. "Bringing nuance, complexity, and clarity to a subject often seen in black and white, Writing Immigration presents a unique interplay of leading scholars and journalists working on the contentious topic of immigration. In a series of powerful essays, the contributors reflect on how they struggle to write about one of the defining issues of our time -- one that is at once local and global, familiar and uncanny, concrete and abstract. Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, their essays explore topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptations of the second generation, and more."--Publisher's site Highlighting and framing central questions surrounding immigration, this title explores topics including illegal immigration, state and federal mechanisms for immigration regulation, enduring myths and fallacies regarding immigration, immigration and the economy, immigration and education, the adaptations of the second generation, and more.