The Border Within
The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear
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Much of the public debate about immigration is based on assumptions that are patently false, professor Tara Watson and journalist Kalee Thompson report in this eye-opening text. For instance, most immigrants aren’t criminals; in fact, first-generation immigrants are far less likely to commit violent crimes than people born on US soil. And migrants generally avoid using food stamps and other programs for America’s poor. In this intriguing work, Watson and Thompson interweave thought-provoking tales of immigrants who have faced deportation with a sobering analysis of the academic literature about immigration.
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About the Authors
Tara Watson is a professor of economics at Williams College and a coeditor of the Journal of Human Resources. Kalee Thompson is a journalist and senior editor at Wirecutter.
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