Gritty, powerful, and unrelenting, "On the Line" is destined to be a classic in its field. Not since "See No Evil" by Robert Baer and "Cold Zero" by Christopher Whitcomb has there been such an illuminating look at the secret world of law enforcement. ...

Introducing a vital resource to help with the sometimes bewildering experience of settling in America's biggest city: "The New York Times Guide for Immigrants in New York City." Filled with insights and advice from experts as well as inspirational stories from earlier immigrants, it answers common questions about health care, housing, employment and education, providing helpful referrals to the city's leading immigration support groups. Produced ...

This issue seeks to deepen understanding of the major social influences that shape immigrant youths' paths in their transition to the United States, as well as of the complex interconnections among those influences. The authors delve into a number of social worlds that can contribute to the postivie development of immigrant youth. They also provide insight into sources of information about indentity pathway options available to those youth. The ...

Dr. Hans Matzke, former Head of the Physics, European Commission, Germany ...

As with other West European countries, immigration has for many years been one of the hottest and most enduring issues of the political debate in Denmark - and now once again revived because of the many refugees coming out of Kosovo. In "Immigration to Demark" the British demographer, David Coleman, places immigration in an international framework, describing the importance of global population trends for international migration, together with ...

- On the Line has never been more topical in light of the new legislation President Bush is currently attempting to push through regarding illegal immigrants from Mexico--and the Border Patrol's vehement objections to it. ...

The book will cover more than 60 visas that are now available for immigrants coming to the United States; some new since the changes to the Immigration Bureau as a result of 9/11. Specifically, more than twenty new visas have been added as a result of the inception of Homeland Security and the passing of the Patriot Act. <p> The book is divided into specific categories such as family-based visas, employment-based visas, nonimmigrant visas, ...

An evocative anthology of personal stories that tell the tale of Canada's history.
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In the early 1940s, a boom in white migration to Southeast Alaska brought questions of land and resource rights to courts of law, where neither precedence nor evidence was sufficient to settle claims. In 1946, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs assigned a team of researchers -- anthropologist Walter Goldschmidt, lawyer Theodore Haas, and Tlingit schoolteacher and interpreter Joseph Kahklen -- to go from village to village to interview old and ...

The real and potential impact of immigration policy decisions on African Americans is profound. Yet policy makers today lack systematic knowledge of crucial social, political, and economic issues relating to the formulation of wise immigration policies, charges the editor of this book. Gerald D. Jaynes argues that little is known about important questions regarding the relations and attitudes between African Americans and minority immigrant ...