A JMC Conversation on Immigration
Immigration has both immediate and historic relevance for Americans’ search for self-understanding. It raises questions about the meaning of nationhood, citizenship, and equality. We at the Jack Miller Center recognize that these difficult issues demand careful consideration for the sake of America’s civic culture.
The importance of understanding immigration is the reason we have compiled our fellows’ writings about immigration and related topics. Our fellows have thought carefully about immigration from a variety of perspectives. Learn about the history of immigration, citizenship, multiculturalism, globalism, and nationhood.
Immigration and diversity in U.S. history
John Agresto, “Naturalization Ceremony: United States Court of the District of Columbia” (National Endowment for the Humanities, 1985) — Public remarks
David Bernstein, “Lochner, Parity, and the Chinese Laundry Cases” (William & Mary Law Review, 1999) — Scholarly article
David Bernstein, “Two Asian Laundry Cases” (Journal of Supreme Court History, 1999) — Scholarly article
David Bernstein, “The Law and Economics of Post-Civil War Restrictions on Interstate Migration by African Americans” (George Mason Law & Economics research Paper, 1998) — Research paper
Maura Jane Farrelly, Anti-Catholicism in America, 1620-1860 (Cambridge University Press, 2017) — Book
Magdalena Krajewska, Documenting Americans. A Political History of National ID Card Proposals in the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2017 — Book
Immigration policy
Nicholas Capaldi (editor), Immigration: Debating the Issues, (Prometheus Books, 1997) — Book
Joseph M. Knippenberg, “Statement of Joseph M. Knippenberg, Professor of Politics, Oglethorpe University and Member” (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2012) — Hearing statement
Theories of citizenship
Nicholas Capaldi, “Varieties of Citizenship and the Moral Foundations of Politics” (The Ethics of Citizenship in the 21st Century, 2017) — Scholarly article
Robert Koons, “A country, not merely an idea” (The Washington Times, 2017) — Popular commentary
Lawrence Mead, “Immigration: The Cultural Dimension” (Society, 2016) — Scholarly article
Arthur Milikh, “Immigration, Citizenship, and Cosmopolitanism” (The Public Discourse, 2016) — Popular commentary
Rogers Smith and Peter H. Schuck, “The Question of Birthright Citizenship” (National Affairs, 2018) — Popular commentary
Rogers Smith and Peter H. Schuck, Citizenship Without Consent: Illegal Aliens in the American Polity (Yale University Press, 1985) — Book
William Voegeli, “Diversity and its Discontents” (Claremont Review of Books, 2017) — Popular commentary
The U.S., globalism, and foreign nations
John Agresto, Rediscovering America: Liberty, Equality, and the Crisis of Democracy (Asahina and Wallace Press, 2015) — Book
Daniel Burns, “Right Book, Wrong Title” (The American Interest, 2018) —Popular commentary
Melvin Schut, “What Britain might learn from the colonies: Scotland, the EU and Democratic British Liberty” (Quadrant, 2015) — Scholarly article
Kevin Wagner, TJ Gray, J Gainous, “Digital information consumption and external political efficacy in Latin America: Does institutional context matter?” (Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2017) —Scholarly article
Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner,Tricia J. Gray, “Internet freedom and social media effects: democracy and citizen attitudes in Latin America” (Online Information Review, 2016) — Scholarly article
*If you are a JMC fellow who’s published about immigration and would like your work included here, send it to us at jhungerford@gojmc.org.
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