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n 179 index a acculturation, 59, 90, 94, 117–122; in Europe, 110, 111–114; generational, 119–121. See also assimilation AFL-CIO, 132. See also labor unions African Americans, 28–29, 87, 89 agriculture. See farm workers; meatpacking industry; megafarms Alabama, 97 Alba, Richard, 12, 27, 32, 89, 90, 94, 95 Alkhatib, Ihsan, 118–19 Alliance for Immigrant Women, 80 Althen, Gary, 73 American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee , 118–19 American culture: Hispanic influence on, x, 125; influence of immigration on, x, 121–122 American Hotel and Lodging Association, 131 American Ways (Althen), 73 amnesty, 94, 115, 133 Archibold, Randal C., 5 Arizona: cultural training in, 71; damages caused by immigrants in, 13, 14; driver’s licenses in, 82; early immigration to, 92; efforts to curtail illegal immigration in, 48, 75; English-only education in, 59–60; hardships of crossing border of, 3–9, 65–66; immigrants as crime victims in, 8–9, 82; local enforcement of immigration law in, 74; as new settlement state, 46; stress on medical services in, 15 Arkansas, 46 Asbury, Herbert, 88 assimilation, 90, 110–22. See also acculturation Australia, 115 Austria, political effect of immigration in, 109 authority, distrust of, 34, 39, 81 b Baca, Lee, 81 180 n Index Badillo, Herman, 121 Bernstein, Nina, 129 Berry, Amelia, 80 Binational Study on Migration, 100 birth defects, 22 Bissell, Margot, 8–9, 13–14 Bluegrass Farmworker Health Center, 68 border, conditions at, 8, 13, 65 border crossing: costs of, 5, 6, 12, 13, 27; coyotes for, 3, 4–6, 10–12, 27; crime at, 7–11, 13, 14; risks of, 3–9, 10–13, 65, 129; with tourist visa, 3 border guides, 3, 4–6, 10–12, 27 Border Patrol, U.S., 6–8, 14, 48, 92, 105 border rescue groups, 13, 65–66 Borjas, George J., 28, 116, 122 bracero programs. See guest worker programs Bratton, William J., 81 Brazil, immigrants in, 108 Brewer, Jan, 74 Brookings Institution, 123 Brooks, David, 125 Brzezinski, Matthew, 49 Buckeye Egg Farm, 22–23 Buechele, Thomas, 8, 65 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 24 Burnett, Maggie, 65 Burton, Paula, 67 Bush, George W., 106 Business Week, 126–27 Butler County, OH, 52 c Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (Arizona ), 6, 8, 13 Calderón, Felipe, 98, 106, 126 Caldwell, Christopher, 113 California: class action suit in, 82; damages caused by immigrants in, 40; early immigration to, 92; effect of border enforcement by, 49; effect of illegal immigration on representation in U.S. Congress of, 83; identity theft in, 131; immigrants as crime victims in, 39; incarcerated undocumented immigrants in, 130; local enforcement of immigration law in, 81; stress on medical services in, 68; Mexican culture in, 36, 120; multiculturism in, 94; need for workers in, 28, 99, 131; as settlement state in 1990, 45; resettlement of immigrants from, 39, 50; sanctuaries in, 78, 79; “transnational communities” in, 125; work ethic in, 27. Camarota, Steven, 130 Canada, 115–116 Card, David, 123 Carens, John H., 115 Castañeda, Jorge, 102, 105–6 Catholic Church, 32, 33, 55, 64–65, 81, 84, 103, 122, 125–26 Center for American Progress, 133 Center for Immigration Studies, 122, 130 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Chamberlain, W. Garrett, 51 Change to Win Federation, 132 Chapa, Jorge, 22–23, 46–47, 51 Chavez, Leo R., 34, 50–51 Chertoff, Michael, 73 Chicago, IL, 78, 82 children: affected by immigration raids, 84, 129–130; as American citizens, 72, 134; birth defects of, 22; dangers to, 4, 8, 12; educational progress of, 123, 134; as interpreters, 61, 71; parental concern for, 3, 11, 12, 63, 84; as percentage of undocumented immigrants, 31; separated from parents, 98, 101, 119, 123, 130 China, 105, 106, 126 Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, 91, 92, 93 churches, 50, 64–66. See also Catholic church; Protestant churches Cihak, Robert J., 68 civil rights movement, 94 Claremont Institute, 79 Colorado, 44, 58, 74, 92, 131 Columbus, OH, 45, 52, 66 Combs, Courtney, 74 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, 134 Connecticut, 82 Cox Newspapers, 130–31 Crane, Ken, 32–33 crime rates, decrease in, 124–25 criminals, 49, 79, 99, 130–31. See also drug trade Cristero civil wars, 103 Crouch, Stanley, 117 Cuadros, Paul, 44 cultural differences: among Hispanics, 35–37; Index n 181 between Americans and Hispanics, 33–34; 37–40, 67, 69–71 Cunnane, Jarlath, 122 Czech Republic, immigrants in, 109 d Dalton, GA, 59, 75 Dayton, OH, x, 12, 27, 35, 56–58, 60...
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