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Emigration and immigration Emigration and immigration Fiction Emigration and immigration Juvenile fiction Emigration and immigration Social aspects Refugees Refugees Fiction Survival Fiction United States United States Emigration and immigration Government policy Émigration et immigration Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesseCaplan, Bryan Douglas
Summary: "American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 CAPChomsky, Aviva
Summary: "This book looks at the role illegality or undocumentedness plays in our society and economy. It shows how the status was created, and how and why people, especially Mexicans and Central Americans, have been assigned this status. The first three chapterslook at the histories of social exclusion. One looks specifically at the Mexican and Guatemalan contexts to understand why such large numbers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.137 CHOAbramitzky, Ran
Summary: "Through this authoritative account of the historical record and important new findings, Abramitzky and Boustan will help shape our thinking and policies about the fraught topic of immigration with findings such as: Where you come from doesn't matter. The children of immigrants from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala today are as likely to be as successful as the children of immigrants from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 ABRKerr, William R. (William Robert)
Summary: The Gift of Global Talent deftly transports readers from joyous celebrations at the Nobel Prize ceremony to angry airport protests against the Trump administration's travel ban. It explores why talented migration drives the knowledge economy, describes how universities and firms govern skilled admissions, explains the controversies of the H-1B visa used by firms like Google and Apple, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331.6 KERBorjas, George J.
Summary: From America's leading immigration economist, a refreshingly level-headed exploration of the effects of immigration on migrant and nonmigrant workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 331 BORWalia, Harsha
Summary: In Border and Rule, one of North America's foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts easy explanations for the migrant and refugee crises, instead showing them to be the inevitable outcomes of the conquest, capitalist globalization, and climate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2021
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Summary: When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CORSummary: "Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen-- A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate what it is like living undocumented today. A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 SOMSatrapi, Marjane
Summary: "Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SATRAPI, MARJANE SATFord, Jeanne Marie
Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Indian immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 FORHavemeyer, Janie
Summary: Looks into the lives, challenges, and successes of Chinese immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 HAVHayden, Sally
Summary: "The Western world has turned its back on migrants, leaving them to cope with one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. Reporter Sally Hayden was at home in London when she received a message on Facebook: "Hi sister Sally, we need your help." The sender identified himself as an Eritrean refugee who had been held in a Libyan detention center for months, locked in one big hall...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8096 HAYHarmony, Cynthia
Summary: A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to their home in Mexico. Lucía loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Papá. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Papá is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2024
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Summary: "Josef es un chico judío que vive en la Alemania nazi, Isabel es una chica cubana que se ve obligada a huir de su país después de las revueltas en contra del gobierno de Castro, en 1994, y Mahmoud es un muchacho que padece la guerra de Siria en 2015. Tres jóvenes distintos y una misión en común: huir de su país."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editorial Santillana 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH GRAGratz, Alan
Summary: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC GRACopies Available at Interlochen
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRAChoy, Catherine Ceniza
Summary: "Asian American Histories of the United States illuminates how an over-century-long history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the United States is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early twenty-first century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0495 CHOGaiman, Neil
Summary: During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE GAICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAIGratz, Alan
Summary: Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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Summary: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter attacks the immigration issue head-on, flying in the face of La Raza, the Democrats, a media determined to cover up immigrants' crimes, churches that get paid by the government for their "charity," and greedy Republican businessmen and campaign consultants -- all of whom are profiting handsomely from mass immigration that's tearing the country apart....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.6 COUBlitzer, Jonathan
Summary: "An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border that tells the story of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policy makers determining their fate"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2024
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Summary: Demonstrates the importance of welcoming people from all over the world into the community with love, compassion, and acceptance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Explore 2022
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Summary: "A boy searches for his father, a prison guard on Sakhalin Island. In Barcelona, a woman is tasked with spying on a prizefighter who may or may not be her estranged son. A samurai escorts an orphan to his countrymen in the Edo Period. A formerly incarcerated man starts a new life in a small town in upstate New York and attempts to build a family. How does a North Korean defector connect with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC YOOMulligan Sepúlveda, J.J.
Summary: "For author Mulligan Sepúlveda, the son and husband of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the battle for immigration reform is personal. Mulligan Sepúlveda writes of visiting border detention centers, defending undocumented immigrants in court, and taking hisservices to JFK to represent people being turned away at the gates during Trump's infamous travel ban"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 325.73 MULColato Lainez, Rene
Summary: Young René's mother has sent him a new pair of shoes from the United States. He loves his new shoes. "They walk everywhere I walk. They jump every time I jump. They run as fast as me. We always cross the finish line at the same time." René-with his new shoes-and his father set off on the long journey to meet his mother in the United States. He says goodbye to his friends in El Salvador, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020