The Immigration Crisis: Nativism, Armed Vigilantism, and the Rise of a Countervailing Movement

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AltaMira Press, 2009 - History - 488 pages
"Immigration remains one of the most pressing and polarizing issues in the United States. In The Immigration Crisis, political scientist and social activist Armando Navarro takes a hard look at 400 years of immigration into the territories that now form the United States, paying particular attention to the ways in which immigrants have been received. The book provides a political, historical, and theoretical examination of the laws, personalities, organizations, events, and demographics that have shaped four centuries of immigration and led to the widespread social crisis that today divides citizens, noncitizens, regions, and political parties."--BOOK JACKET.

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About the author (2009)

Armando Navarro is a political scientist and professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside. He has three decades of experience in community organizing and advocacy, dealing with local, state, national, and international social justice issues that affect Latinos. His previous books include Mexicano Political Experience in Occupied Aztlán, La Raza Unida Party, and The Cristal Experiment.