Start with the following reading list:
Castles, Stephen and Mark J. Miller. The Age of Migration (4th ed.): International Population Movements in the Modern World. 2008: ISBN 978-1-60623-069-5
Portes, Alejandro (Editor), Forward by Robert Merton. Economic Sociology of Immigration. 1995. Russell Sage Foundation: ISBN 0-87154-681-7
Swain, Carol (Editor). Debating Immigration. 2007. Cambridge University Press: ISBN 978-0-521-69866-5
Bales, Kevin. Disposable People. 2004. University of CA Press: ISBN 0520-24384-6
Levitt, Peggy. The Transnational Villagers. 2001. University of California Press: ISBN 0520-22811-1
Also see the following website for substantive, scholarly journal articles that have been made available to the public. These articles begin to unpack the complex questions and debates relevant to immigration in the United States. What's new about contemporary immigration patterns? Are immigrants taking "American" jobs? How should we best enforce our borders? These articles address these questions and more!
http://borderbattles.ssrc.org/
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