Want to read more on the issue of immigration? Here are a few resources you can try: David Bacon, ILLEGAL PEOPLE: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, Boston, MA: Beacon Press. 2008. “The word “illegal” has become a one-word mantra in the U.S. political debate. The small but vocal nativist movement, with deep racist roots, uses the word to demonize undocumented people. But “illegal” also describes a social reality—inequality. Bacon’s book looks at this manufactured reality from many perspectives. He shows that “illegal” as applied to immigrants has very little to do with the violation of a law or crossing a border. For centuries there was no such concept, and even now it is only a minor civil violation to be in the country without documents. “Illegal” is all about social and political status. “Immigrant Children,” ... Read more