Beyond the Gateway: Immigrants in a Changing America - Program in Migration and Refugee Studies

Brief Description: A small but growing number of immigrants today are moving into new settlement areas, such as Winchester, Va., Greensboro, N. C., and Salt Lake City, Utah, that lack a tradition of accepting newcomers. Just as the process is difficult and distressing for the immigrants, it is likewise a significant cause of stress for the regions in which they settle. Long homogeneous communities experience overnight changes in their populations and in the demands placed on schools, housing, law enforcement, social services, and other aspects of infrastructure. Institutions have not been well prepared to cope. Local governments have not had any significant experience with newcomers and nongovernmental organizations have been overburdened or simply nonexistent. There has been a substantial amount of discussion about these new settlement areas during the past decade, but relatively little systematic examination of the effects of immigration or the policy and programmatic responses to it. New Immigrant Communities is the first effort to bridge the gaps in communication not only between the immigrants and the institutions with which they interact, but also among diverse communities across the United States dealing with the same stresses but ignorant of each others' responses, whether successes or failures. Review Quotes: "Beyond the Gateway" makes a highly significant contribution to immigration scholarship. Gozdziak and Martin have pulled together a rich collection of essays into a unique collection. Focusing on carefully selected new areas of settlement, this volume offers a wealth of information on immigrants' integration in new areas. It is a much-needed collection that will be of interest to a broad audience of academics, policy makers, and analysts.--Cecilia MenjivarBiographical Note: Elzbieta M. Gozdziak is director of research at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) at Georgetown University and co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal International Migration. Susan F. Martin is executive director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) and Director of the Certificate Program in Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies at Georgetown University. Review Quotes: Beyond the Gateway makes a highly significant contribution to immigration scholarship. Gozdziak and Martin have pulled together a rich collection of essays into a unique collection. Focusing on carefully selected new areas of settlement, this volume offers a wealth of information on immigrants' integration in new areas. It is a much-needed collection that will be of interest to a broad audience of academics, policy makers, and analysts.--Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University"Review Quotes: Despite popular and scholarly interest, social science research simply cannot keep up with the pace by which immigrants are finding their way to new communities across the United States. This book is a welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on immigrants in new destinations. Rich case studies of immigrant settlement and a critical review of public and private integration strategies in North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Utah, and Minnesota by no means 'the usual suspects' provide insightful commentary on one of the most important issues many communities across the country now face.--Audrey Singer, The Brookings Institution"Review Quotes: Migration and integration is a complex issue, but this book rewards the reader by its clear and focused analysis. Very knowledgeable and very readable.--Barbara John, Humboldt University, BerlinReview Quotes: Through a combination of policy considerations, theoretical discussion, and case studies, Beyond the Gateway assesses the ways that immigration into new U. S. destinations has reshaped rural, urban, and suburban landscapes. In their aim of recognizing practices that receiving communities and immigrant groups had developed to work together more effectively, Gozdziak and Martin have assembled a skilled team of social scientists who bring diverse methods and perspectives to bear on new immigrant destinations, weaving together ethnography, demography, and political science in their analyses. Edited with an eye toward interest and readability, this book will provide scholars and community leaders alike with the analytical and practical tools we need to understand how new immigration and new immigrants are likely to change a nation, enhance a future, and challenge minds.--David Griffith, East Carolina UniversityTable of Contents: Part 1 Part I - Introduction Chapter 2 New Immigrant Communities and Integration Chapter 3 The Growth and Population Characteristics of Immigrants and Minorities in America's New Settlement States Part 4 Part II - Case Studies Chapter 5 New Immigrant Communities in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad: Integration Issues and Challenges Chapter 6 Black and White and the Other: International Immigration and Change in Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter 7 Latinos, Africans, and Asians in the North Star State: Immigrant Communities in Minnesota Chapter 8 From Temporary Picking to Permanent Plucking: Hispanic Newcomers, Integration, and Change in the Shenandoah Valley Chapter 9 At the Gates of the Kingdom: Latino Immigrants in Utah, 1900-2003 Chapter 10 Newcomers in Rural America: Hispanic Immigrants in Rogers, Arkansas Part 11 Part III - Best Practices Chapter 12 Promising Practices for Immigrant Integration Part 13 Part IV - Conclusion Chapter 14 Challenges for the FutureMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; Paper also avail. Publisher Marketing: A small but growing number of immigrants today are moving into new settlement areas, such as Winchester, Va., Greensboro, N. C., and Salt Lake City, Utah, that lack a tradition of accepting newcomers. Just as the process is difficult and distressing for the immigrants, it is likewise a significant cause of stress for the regions in which they settle. Long homogeneous communities experience overnight changes in their populations and in the demands placed on schools, housing, law enforcement, social services, and other aspects of infrastructure. Institutions have not been well prepared to cope. Local governments have not had any significant experience with newcomers and nongovernmental organizations have been overburdened or simply nonexistent. There has been a substantial amount of discussion about these new settlement areas during the past decade, but relatively little systematic examination of the effects of immigration or the policy and programmatic responses to it. Beyond the Gateway is the first effort to bridge the gaps in communication not only between the immigrants and the institutions with which they interact, but also among diverse communities across the United States dealing with the same stresses but ignorant of each others' responses, whether successes or failures.

Contributor Bio:  Martin, Susan F Susan Martin holds the Donald G. Herzberg Chair in International Migration and serves as the Director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Dr Martin also directs the university's Program on Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of the U. S. Commission on Immigration Reform, established by legislation to advise Congress and the president on U. S. immigration and refugee policy. Her publications include Refugee Women; The Uprooted; Beyond the Gateway (ed.); Managing Migration: The Promise of Cooperation; Mexico-US Migration Management (ed.); Women, Migration and Conflict: Breaking a Deadly Cycle (ed.); and numerous monographs and articles on immigration and refugee policy. Dr Martin earned her MA and PhD in the history of American civilization from the University of Pennsylvania and her BA in history from Douglass College, Rutgers University. She is the immediate past President of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and serves on the U. S. Comptroller General's Advisory Board, the Academic Advisory Board of the International Organization for Migration, and the Board of the Advocacy Project. Contributor Bio:  Lowell, B Lindsay Lowell is Director of Research, Institute for the study of International Migration, Georgetown University, and an expert on the historical and contemporary aspects of international migration. Contributor Bio:  Schoenholtz, Andrew I Philip G. Schrag is the Delaney Family Professor of Public Interest Law and Director of the Center for Applied Legal Studies at Georgetown University Law Center.