The Danger of Devaluing Immigrants

Impacts on the U.S. Economy and Society

Fariborz Ghadar

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781440879333
• eBook ISBN: 9781440879340
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Social Sciences

Despite deep divisions on the issue of immigration, this book shows that immigration promotes economic innovation, expands the job market, and contributes to diversity and creativity in the United States. Immigration, as a conduit for bringing new talent, ideas, and inventions into the United States, is essential to the success and vitality of our economy and society. This timely book, researched and written by the Immigration Book Project Team at Penn State University, approaches immigration from historical, economic, business, and sociological perspectives in order to argue that treatment of immigrants must reflect and applaud their critical roles in supporting and leading the economic, social, cultural, and political institutions of civil society. Approaching immigration as both a socioeconomic phenomenon and a matter of public policy, The Danger of Devaluing Immigrants offers demographics and statistics on workforce participation and job creation along with stories of individual immigrants' contributions to the economy and society. It supports the idea that, when immigration is challenged in the political sphere, we must not lose sight of the valuable contributions that immigrants have made-and will continue to make-to our democracy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Part One: Immigration and the American Way of Life
• Part Two: Immigrants and Their Roles in the Major Sectors of the American Economy
• Appendix A. An Introduction to the American Visa System
• Appendix B. Integrating Refugee Employees into the Workplace
• Notes
• Index