Immigration Books

The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border
David Bacon, University of California Press, 2004 . Bacon, provides exhaustive, meticulous retellings of intimidation, violence and voter fraud that reveal a pattern of corporate and government collusion to squash laborers’ attempts to organize independent unions in the agricultural fields and factories along the U.S.-Mexican border in the 10 years since the signing of NAFTA. (Google this book)

Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible
M. Daniel Carroll, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Press, 2008. Old and New Testament insights informing how the Church can understand and engage the immigration issue Christianly. (Google this book)

 

Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization, and Mexican Migration
Bill Ong Hing, Temple University Press, 2010. “An expert on immigration law and policy, Hing examines the relationship between NAFTA, globalization, and undocumented migration, and what he considers the policy options for controlling immigration.” (Google this book)

Immigrants Out!: The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States (Critical America)
Juan Perea (Editor), NYU Press, 1996. Examining the current surge in nativism in light of past waves of anti- immigrant sentiment, the book takes an unflinchingly critical look at the realities and rhetoric of the new nativism. (Google this book)

Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition
Christine D. Pohl, William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1996. Making Room, rich in historical and Biblical detail, “Pohl convinces us that in recovering this lost Christian practice of hospitality we will not only encounter the holiness and mystery of God, but entertain angels as well”. (Google this book)

Neighbor: Christian Encounters With “Illegal” Immigration
Ben Daniel, Westminster John Knox Press, 2010 . “Daniel aims to not only to open the Christian reader’s mind to the plight of the immigrant, but also to open the reader’s heart to the immigrant herself. “ (Google this book)

 

The New American Pioneers: Why are we Afraid of Mexican Immigrants?
Juan Hernandez, Lanham, MD: Pneuma Life Publishing, 2006. The argument for comprehensive immigration reform from the perspective of a former Mexican cabinet member and evangelical Christian. (Google this book)

 

Not Fit for Our Society: Immigration and Nativism in America
Peter Schrag, University of California Press, 2010. “Schrag offers a scholarly history of the political movements that have sought to restrict immigration to the U.S. since its founding—from the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party through the years of American eugenics research that vastly influenced the Nazis in the years leading up to WWII.” (Google this book)

Over-Raided, Under Siege
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Oakland, CA, 2008. A documentation of current U.S. immigration laws and enforcement policies and the adverse effect they are having on immigrant families. (Google this book)

 

Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes
Justo L. Gonzales, Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996. An overview of the vital contribution that Hispanic theologies bring to the Western table, including “exilic and alien” perspective. (Google this book)

 

Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate
Matthew Soerens & Jenny Hwang, Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2009. An overview of U.S. immigration history, contemporary challenges, and biblical framework for understanding. (Google this book)

 

Untamed Hospitality: Welcoming God and Other Strangers (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life)
Elizabeth Newman, Brazos Press, 2007. “Christian hospitality is learned in worship, which teaches people to receive from God as well as to give everything back — training us to be capable of welcoming strangers who will challenge us and enhance our lives in unexpected ways, readying us to embrace the ultimate stranger: God.” (Google this book)