{"product_id":"immigration-realities-challenging-common-misperceptions-9780231203753","title":"Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions","description":"\u003cp\u003eImmigrants are less likely to commit crimes. They are eager to learn local languages. Immigration is not a burden on social services. Border walls do not work. There is no unmanageable refugee crisis. Yet many such misinformed assumptions and harmful misconceptions pervade conversations about immigration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis timely book is a practical, evidence-based primer on immigrants and immigration. Each chapter debunks a frequently encountered claim and answers common questions. Presenting the latest findings and decades of interdisciplinary research in an accessible way, Ernesto Castañeda and Carina Cione emphasize the expert consensus that immigration is vital to the United States and many other countries around the world. Featuring original insights from research conducted in El Paso, Texas, \u003ci\u003eImmigration Realities\u003c\/i\u003e considers a wide range of places, ethnic groups, and historical eras. It provides the key data and context to understand how immigration affects economies, crime rates, and social welfare systems, and it sheds light on contentious issues such as the safety of the U.S.-Mexico border and the consequences of Brexit. This book is an indispensable guide for all readers who want to counter false claims about immigration and are interested in what the research shows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnesto Casta?eda is the director of the Immigration Lab and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University. His books include \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona\u003c\/i\u003e (2018); \u003ci\u003eBuilding Walls: Excluding Latin People in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (2019); and \u003ci\u003eReunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration \u003c\/i\u003e(2024). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarina Cione is a sociologist and writer based out of Baltimore, MD. Their work has been featured by the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrauma Care\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl Paso News\u003c\/i\u003e, and American University's Center for Latin American \u0026amp; Latino Studies Working Paper Series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50888305967378,"sku":"9780231203753","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_574b544c-b95d-4e28-95c7-40e958cd3215.jpg?v=1738153857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/immigration-realities-challenging-common-misperceptions-9780231203753","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}