{"product_id":"opening-the-floodgates-why-america-needs-to-rethink-its-borders-and-immigration-laws-9780814743096","title":"Opening the Floodgates: Why America Needs to Rethink Its Borders and Immigration Laws","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeeking to re-imagine the meaning and significance of the international border, \u003cb\u003eOpening the Floodgates\u003c\/b\u003e makes a case for eliminating the border as a legal construct that impedes the movement of people into this country.\u003cbr\u003eOpen migration policies deserve fuller analysis, as evidenced by President Barack Obama's pledge to make immigration reform a priority. Kevin R. Johnson offers an alternative vision of how U.S. borders might be reconfigured, grounded in moral, economic, and policy arguments for open borders. Importantly, liberalizing migration through an open borders policy would recognize that the enforcement of closed borders cannot stifle the strong, perhaps irresistible, economic, social, and political pressures that fuel international migration.\u003cbr\u003eControversially, Johnson suggests that open borders are entirely consistent with efforts to prevent terrorism that have dominated immigration enforcement since the events of September 11, 2001. More liberal migration, he suggests, would allow for full attention to be paid to the true dangers to public safety and national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin R. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814743096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohnson, Kevin R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKevin R. Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e is Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicano\/a Studies at the University of California Davis. His books include \u003ci\u003eMixed Race America and the Law: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2002) and \u003ci\u003eThe \"Huddled Masses\" Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183698030707,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fececfd2-810f-41e9-b7dc-6dfde9dde8d9.jpg?v=1655558056","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/opening-the-floodgates-why-america-needs-to-rethink-its-borders-and-immigration-laws-9780814743096","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}