LibGuides: Communication & Digital Media Research Resources: CMDM 206 (Reasoning & Communication)

Introduction

While not exhaustive, the following resources will be helpful in understanding the nature and development of immigration and immigration policies, particularly within the United States.

Reference Sources (Background Information) on Immigration

Arriaga, F. (2020). Ethnic minorities and criminalization of immigration policies in the united states. In S. Ratuva (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Ethnicity
Chacón, J. (2021). The Criminalization of Immigration. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology.
Immigration. Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2025. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints
Michelson, M., R. (2017). Immigration. In M. A. and H. Genovese & Lori Cox, Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics
Powell, J. (2019). Encyclopedia of North American immigration
Reimers, D., M. (2013). Immigration. In P. S. Boyer (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
Solimano, A. (2019). Migration, Immigration, and Refugees. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication

Useful Websites on Immigration

American Immigration Council
Fact Sheet: Prosecuting People for Coming to the United States
From the American Immigration Council
Fact Sheet: The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security
From the American Immigration Council
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

Books & Articles on Immigration

The Age of Mass Migration: causes and economic impact by T. J. Hatton; Jeffrey G. Williamson
Call Number: JV6217 .H37 1998

ISBN: 9780585356822

Publication Date: 1998-01-01
American immigration : a very short introduction by David A. Gerber
ISBN: 0197542433

Publication Date: 2021
Exceptional People: how migration shaped our world and will define our future by Ian Goldin; Geoffrey Cameron; Meera Balarajan
ISBN: 9780691145723

Publication Date: 2011-04-24

Available through OhioLink
Human Cargo: A Journey among Refugees by Caroline Moorehead
ISBN: 9780805074437

Publication Date: 2005-03-03

Available through OhioLink
Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement by Amada Armenta
ISBN: 9780520968868

Publication Date: 2017-06-26
Race, criminal justice, and migration control : enforcing the boundaries of belonging by Bosworth, Mary, editor.; Parmar, Alpa, editor.; Vázquez, Yolanda, editor.
ISBN: 0191852597

Publication Date: 2018
Strangers to the Constitution: immigrants, borders, and fundamental law by Gerald L. Neuman
ISBN: 9781400821952

Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Undocumented: how immigration became illegal by Aviva Chomsky
ISBN: 9780807001677

Publication Date: 2014-05-13

Available through OhioLink

Abrams, K. (2009). The Hidden Dimension of Nineteenth-Century Immigration Law. Vanderbilt Law Review, 62(5), 1353-1418.

Androff, D. K. (2011). U.S. Immigration Policy and Immigrant Children’s Well-being : The Impact of Policy Shifts. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 38(1), 77–98.