{"product_id":"immigration-matters-ruth-milkman-9781620976524","title":"Immigration Matters: Movements, Visions, and Strategies for a Progressive Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA provocative, strategic plan for a humane immigration system from the nation's leading immigration scholars and activists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the past decade, right-wing nativists have stoked popular hostility to the nation's foreign-born population, forcing the immigrant rights movement into a defensive posture. In the Trump years, preoccupied with crisis upon crisis, advocates had few opportunities to consider questions of long-term policy or future strategy. Now is the time for a reset.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eImmigration Matters\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new, actionable vision for immigration policy. It brings together key movement leaders and academics to share cutting-edge approaches to the urgent issues facing the immigrant community, along with fresh solutions to vexing questions of so-called \"future flows\" that have bedeviled policy makers for decades. The book also explores the contributions of immigrants to the nation's identity, its economy, and progressive movements for social change. \u003cem\u003eImmigration Matters\u003c\/em\u003e delves into a variety of topics including new ways to frame immigration issues, fresh thinking on key aspects of policy, challenges of integration, workers' rights, family reunification, legalization, paths to citizenship, and humane enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe perfect handbook for immigration activists, scholars, policy makers, and anyone who cares about one of the most contentious issues of our age, \u003cem\u003eImmigration Matters\u003c\/em\u003e makes accessible an immigration policy that both remediates the harm done to immigrant workers and communities under Trump and advances a bold new vision for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Milkman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620976528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620976524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2021","brand":"Ruth Milkman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043182899455,"sku":"9781620976524","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_974663da-446b-4379-8fd8-f2f102dd909e.jpg?v=1684965707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/immigration-matters-ruth-milkman-9781620976524","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}