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Reframing the Immigration Debate: The Actors and the Issues

We at the AAF strongly believe that this is a critical moment for immigration reform in the United States. For several years, we have watched with consternation as restrictionist forces have gained ground in communities, public policy, and political discourse. While there have always been brave voices to protest the violation of immigrant rights, we have seen a relative weakness in mounting a unified and coherent defense of immigrants and building a compelling call for reform.

In the current political context where security concerns are defined as paramount, those efforts have been further complicated. We feel it is time to look at the immigration issue in new ways, which take into account the concerns of all involved: community members, immigrants, workers, and human rights advocates.

We have put together a series of articles on immigration to engender dialogue and provide food for thought on the issues.

AAF Op-eds on immigration matters:

Analysis

By Tom Barry:

Tom Tancredo: Leader of the Anti-Immigrant Populist Revolt
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/3005

Immigration Advocates Face Challenges
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/387

Politics of Class and Corporations
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/224

Immigration Debate: Politics, Ideologies of Anti-Immigration Forces
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/652

The Immigration Debate: Whose Side Are You On?
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/784

Pushing Our Borders Out
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/804

Restrictionism Resurgent in Post-9/11 Politics: Protect America Now
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/710

“Common Sense” Immigration Reform—What's FAIR got to do with it?”
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/3053

In the Crossfire: Mesoamerican Migrants Journey North, by Miguel Pickard
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/741

Migration and Coffee in Mexico and Central America, by Luis Hernández Navarro
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/959

How U.S. Corporations Won the Debate Over Immigration, by David Bacon
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/996

The ABCs of Immigration Reform, by Sean Garcia
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/1792

U.S. Immigration Policy on the Table at the WTO, by Sarah Anderson
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/2962

Analysis

Profiles

Language Restrictionism

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