From the Bookshelves: Two 2024 Immigration Books Worth Reading

Edward Segal for Forbes highlight two 2024 books by journalists “about the history and people-related aspects of the immigration crisis provide fresh insights and perspectives about this hot-button issue.”

“Lack of knowledge about immigration occupies a stupendous area of public ignorance. Immigration communications are rife with confusion and are highly vulnerable to political manipulation and disinformation,” Peggy (Margaret) Sands Orchowski writes in her book, The 5 Basics Everyone Should Know About Immigration: Confronting Confusion.

We Are Home: Becoming An American in the 21st Century—An Oral History by journalist Rafael Suarez, tells the stories of immigrants against the backdrop of the evolution of the U.S.’s immigration laws and policies.

KJ