Immigration in the United States

Immigration in the United States
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Immigration in the United States
Erler, E. J. (2022). The United States In Crisis: Citizenship, Immigration, and the Nation State. Encounter Books.
The book is non-fiction and explores the crisis revolving around citizenship and immigration in the United States. The author asserts that citizenship entitles people to a raft of privileges that non-citizens cannot access. As such, he underscores the need to preserve that sovereignty by protecting the integrity of the country’s borders. However, this ideal situation has come under threat from several progressive scholars who have proposed abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In this regard, the book highlights the consequences of adopting such a proposal.
Further, the book ventilates the controversies surrounding citizenship and outlines the different ways immigrants can acquire United States citizenship. It shows how those means, which are enshrined in the c...