Reframing the Immigration Debate: The Actors and
the IssuesWe 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
Profiles
Center for Immigration Studies
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1452
Council of Conservative Citizens
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1461
Federation for American Immigration Reform
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1467
Immigration Reform Caucus
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1484
NumbersUSA
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1528
ProjectUSA
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1538
Social Contract Press
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1539
Tom Tancredo
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3006
John Tanton
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1360
Language Restrictionism
Center for Equal Opportunity
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/926
ProEnglish
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1533
U.S. English
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1557
Resources
Immigration Resource List
http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/ImmigResList.pdf