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Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Sarah Alvarez
University of Texas at El Paso

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Golash-Boza, Tanya M. (2012). Due process denied: detentions and deportations in the
United States. New York, New York: Routledge.
This book describes how one of the most important constitutional rights is
denied to illegal immigrants. The constitution right, the Due Process
Protection, guarantees an individual will be legally given fair proceedings,
given a notice of said proceedings, and an opportunity that an individual can
be heard before the government can decide to take away ones life, liberty,
and property. However, illegal immigrants or any non-citizens are not given
taken into consideration for this protection. If a non-citizen commits a minor
crime, they are immediately deported without a regard for constitutional
limits even though the non-citizen has lived in the United Stated all their lives.

The obvious disregard for a constitutional right is outrageous since it was

created to insure our rights here in the United States. Even though these
immigrants are non-citizens, they have lived and understood our laws their
entire lives and should have equal guarantees as U.S. citizens. The purpose of
this book was to inform its readers of how the government disregards the
rights of its citizens.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Haugen, David & Musser, Susan (2013). The children of undocumented immigrants.
Detroit, Michigan: Greenhaven Press.
This book portrays the difficulties of children of illegal immigrants face in the
United States. A few high ranking political officials argue that these children
are not US citizens, they are expensive, and should be deported back to their
own countries. However, other officials have argued that these children
should be allowed to have better educational benefits and have in-state
college tuition rates. The book is filled with various arguments of what the
country should do with these children even though they were legally born
here in the United States.

The arguments that are shot back and forth in this book are repetitive and
redundant in the sense of actual development taking place. So far these
political officials have not come to even grounds on what do with the children
of illegal immigrants. The only common ground these officials have agreed on
is that any illegal immigrant that is caught would be deported back to their
home country at the cost of leaving their children behind.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Heer, David M. (2010). Undocumented Mexicans in the United States. Cambridge,

England: Cambridge University Press.
The author has recorded that in the past two decades a wave of illegal
immigrants have settled into the United States illegally and have become a
component for U.S. population. However, the actual number of these
individuals is unknown due to their illegal status. The author has placed the
setting of his book in the Los Angeles County in order to gain a better
understanding and comparison of illegal and legal Mexicans in the United
States on the effects of their legal status and living conditions.

This book is a collection of data taken in the Los Angeles County of all the
illegal immigrants that have taken residence. The author has gathered all
information he could in order to understand the living conditions and the
effects of their illegal status. The purpose that the author wanted to make was
that this book was to be used as research material for those interested in
immigration studies.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Marquardt, Marie F. (2011). Living illegal: the human face of unauthorized

immigration. New York, New York: New Press.
Collected from various immigrant families all over the country, Marquardt has
composed this book with the various stories of these immigrants and how
they adjust into this country. The book provides the audience with a better
understanding of a misunderstood issue in a better light. With various facts
provided in this selection, the book paints a picture about how difficult it is for
immigrants to adjust into a different environment especially when the current
political system is unorthodox and hostile for these individuals. It describes
how secretive the government make the polies put in place in the United
States.

The book is narrated on the different experiences immigrants face as they try
to settle into their new lives in a different country. Thus, this weaves together
a complex series of cases that affect various communities due to unauthorized
immigration. The purpose was to make the audience keep an open mind of the
struggles these individuals face from a biased point of view.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Merino, Noel (2010). What rights should illegal immigrants have? Detroit, Michigan:
Greenhaven Press.
This book contains a series of articles discussing the rights that could be given
to the illegal immigrants in the United States. Merino brings together
discussions about whether or not should current immigration laws be
enforced or given slack. It also includes the ethics of immigration raids and
the ethnicity of deportation laws. Finally, the book also contains the point of
views from various political officials about whether or not the children of
illegal immigrants should be given a college education and earns legal status
in the United States.

The editor of this book brings together a series of arguments on the

immigration debate about their status in the United States. Many are saying
that these undocumented individuals should be deported immediately while
others have argued that our laws paint these individuals as criminals. The
purpose that the author tried to portray was that she would like her audience
to come to their own understanding about the liberal rights that are given to
illegal immigrants.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Moleny, Deirdre M. (2012). National insecurities: immigrants and U.S. deportation

policy since 1882. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina
Press.
This book is portrayed in a chronological order of debates concerned with
immigration issues from 1882 to present times. The author focuses on how
the America immigration policy is set on gender, race, wealth, health, and
ideology. The author also brings together a series of cases based on policies
that have made an input on various individual lives. While scrolling through
history, the author tries to find how the policy debates have contributed to the
modern age of understanding of citizenship.

The book provides various viewpoints gathered together to form an

illustration of the policy regarding immigration has been founded upon from
the past. Even though Moleny keeps on reminding the readers of her main
point, she keeps her work relevant to the subject at hand. The purpose of the
book was to have the audience keep an open mind of the research that was
developed to keep this work credible.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Schultz, David A. (2013). American politics in the age of ignorance: why lawmakers
choose belief over research. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
This book contains a list of various arguments and examples of state and local
governments and how their polices are shrouded in myths. Most of the polices that
are released to the public, are based on political myths rather than logical
evidence. It raises many questions to the public about what isnt the government
isnt really informing the public about. It describes the ignorance of research and
evidence when it comes to the legislation of various issues.

It brings forth the concept of what the true meanings of government policies have
been put in place in the United States. For example is the issue of restricting
immigration and welfare migration, and luring businesses with tax breaks. The
purpose of the book was to raise suspicion amongst its readers, to make them think
outside of the box instead of dumbing down the polices to better understand them.
Peer-reviewed: Yes

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Sterling, Terry G. (2010). Illegal: life and death in Arizonas immigration war zone.
Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press.
The book takes place in one of Americas busiest port of entries in the country
where illegal immigrants cross everyday. The city of phoenix is home to
thousands of illegals, though it is unwelcoming and hostile to the
undocumented. The author brings to light the struggles these immigrants face
just to make a living despite the kidnappings and drug wars taking place in
the streets of Phoenix. The author has also stringed together the seriousness
of a national crisis due to profiling all of these undocumented immigrants.

Arizona is one of the busiest crossover points into America due to it being
right in the middle of the borderland with no natural divider between the
United States and Mexico. Illegal immigrants can simply walk cross right over
into the U.S. without a care if there arent any officers to stop them. The
authors purpose of writing this book was to inform her readers of what goes
on behind the hardships these immigrants have to face.
Peer-reviewed: Yes