[CMI-Chiapas] Americas Program | Restrctionism Resurgence

[IRC Communications]

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What's New at the AmericasProgram
“A New World of Ideas, Analysis and Policy Options”
http://www.americaspolicy.org/

December 7, 2004
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New from the IRC's Americas Program:

Restrictionism Resurgent in Post-9/11 Politics: Protect AmericaNow
By Tom Barry

Critics of anti-immigrant initiatives such as Propositions 187 and 200 note 
that immigration restrictionismis essentially “un-American.” After all, the 
United States is a country largely inhabited and built by immigrants and their 
descendents. Restrictionistssuch as the prominent Federation for American Immigration 
Reform (FAIR) and NumbersUSA don't deny this history. But they counter by saying 
that the continuing flow of immigrants is now, as never before, threatening 
our national security, diluting our national cultural identity, and driving 
down wages and working conditions for native-born Americans. 

These anti-immigrant arguments, as well as other claims about the crime and 
public health problems associated with immigrant populations, have coursed 
through U.S. history, ebbing and surging in response to economic and political 
circumstances. However, today’s surge in restrictionist sentiment builds on 
forces not seen in other anti-immigrant cycles­ including new fear that the 
American homeland is threatened. Propelling it is an unprecedented nation-wide 
network of anti-immigrant think tanks, policy institutes, and statewide campaigns 
in mobilizing public opinion and lobbying Congress.

Tom Barry is Policy Director for the InterhemisphericResourceCenter (online 
at www.irc-online.org).

See full article online at:
http://www.americaspolicy.org/columns/amprog/2004/0412pan.html

With printer-friendly .pdf at:
http://www.americaspolicy.org/pdf/columns/0412pan.pdf

For related material, also see:
Immigration Restrictionism Gains Political Clout
By Tom Barry 
http://www.americaspolicy.org/commentary/2004/0410restrict.html

Right Web (http://rightweb.irc-online.org) profiles on Immigration orgs:
Center for Immigration Studies - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/cis.php
ProjectUSA - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/projectusa.php
Center for Equal Opportunity - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/ceo.php
Council of Conservative Citizens - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/cofcc.php
Federation for American Immigration Reform - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/fair.php
ProEnglish - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/proenglish.php
Social Contract Press - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/scp.php
Immigration Reform Caucus - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/irc.php
John Tanton - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/tanton/tanton.php
NumbersUSA - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/numbersusa.php
U.S. English - http://rightweb.irc-online.org/org/usenglish.php

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