Best Immigration Books of 2020 Part 3

This is Part 3 of the Best Immigration Books of 2020.  Here are Parts 1 and 2. 

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

This fictional account of the journey of an asylum seeker from Mexico generated considerable controversy.  NPR discusses the controversy over a white author writing a book about the Mexican migrant experience, which some say include negative stereotypes of Mexico and Mexicans that Donald Trump might endorse.  The book has been characterized as “trauma porn.”   Critics have levelled claims of cultural appropriation against American Dirt and the author, Jeanine Cummins.  At the same time, the best-seller focused many peoples’ attention on the conditions along the U..S./Mexico border.

The President and Immigration Law by Adam Cox & Cristina M. Rodríguez (2020)

In The President and Immigration Law, Adam B. Cox and Cristina M. Rodriguez chronicle the untold story of how, over the course of two centuries, the President became our immigration policymaker-in-chief.

Could this book have been more timely?

KJ