Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best

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Integration Nation Immigrants Refugees and America at Its Best Integration Nation takes readers on a spirited and compelling cross country journey introducing us to the people challenging America s xenophobic impulses by welcoming immigrants and collaborating wi

Integration Nation takes readers on a spirited and compelling cross country journey, introducing us to the people challenging America s xenophobic impulses by welcoming immigrants and collaborating with the foreign born as they become integral members of their new communities In Utah, we meet educators who connect newly arrived Spanish speaking students and U.S born EnglIntegration Nation takes readers on a spirited and compelling cross country journey, introducing us to the people challenging America s xenophobic impulses by welcoming immigrants and collaborating with the foreign born as they become integral members of their new communities In Utah, we meet educators who connect newly arrived Spanish speaking students and U.S born English speaking students, who share classrooms and learn in two languages In North Carolina, we visit the nation s fastest growing community development credit union, serving immigrants and U.S born depositors and helping to lower borrowing thresholds and crime rates alike.In recent years, politicians in a handful of local communities and states have passed laws and regulations designed to make it easier to deport unauthorized immigrants or to make their lives so unpleasant that they d just leave The media s unrelenting focus on these ultimately self defeating measures created the false impression that these politicians speak for most of America They don t.Integration Nation movingly reminds us that we each have choices to make about how to think and act in the face of the rapid cultural transformation that has reshaped the United States Giving voice to people who choose integration over exclusion, who opt for open heartedness instead of fear, Integration Nation is a desperately needed road map for a nation still finding its way beyond anti

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Integration Nation: Immigrants, Refugees, and America at Its Best

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  1. Elections are inherently divisive, but we don t have to accept ruptured relationships as predestined outcome This concept may be particularly important to remember this November.Groundwork for unification starts in our local communities, not simply at the ballot box The increasing segregation of our nation, and dangers inherent in such separation, led to my first two novels suggesting that we might be only a generation away from risking permanent fracture Several paths forward are evident, inclu [...]

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  2. The United States of America is, by far, the world s leader as a destination for immigrants In 2013, the Census Bureau reported that a record 41.3 million immigrants than 13 percent of the population lived in the United States Russia, ranking second, trails far behind with 12.3 million foreign born residents The United Nations reports that the United States is home to than 19 percent of the world s immigrants 203 That s awesome, interesting, and obviously controversial for various reasons that [...]

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  3. This is the book the WSU Vancouver campus is reading There are community events on campus covering immigrants including a naturalization ceremony and a book discussion event with the Susan Eaton I found the book uplifting and encouraging It is a breath of fresh air to see communities in both red and blue states enthusiastically and successfully integrating new immigrants in the US, much better than hearing the hate diatribe we constantly hear on the news Favorite chapters were ones about a credi [...]

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  4. Integration Nation is a reminder of the fact that America continues to be a nation of immigrants As the authors reminds us, she gently draws attention to opportunities that the US has to improve the integration of immigrants The book is also a compilation of integration success stories that redefine integration, separating it from the idea that it is a loss of culture and connecting idea of successful integration to communities that accommodate and validate immigrants retention of their native c [...]

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