Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Refugees from Cuba / new wave from Asia
  • Dire straits / Nancy R. Gibbs (Time)
  • Cuba and its exiles / Roman de la Campa (Dissent)
  • The new slave trade / Melinda Liu (Newsweek)
  • China's human traffickers / Peter Kwong (The Nation)
  • The overachievers / Jeffrey Goldberg (New York)
  • Part II. The immigration flow across the Mexico
  • U.S. border
  • Mexico and its discontents / Douglas W. Payne (Harper's)
  • Immigration dilemmas / Richard Rothestein (Dissent)
  • Campaign address / Patrick J. Buchannan (Vital Speeches of the Day)
  • A potent trinity
  • God, country & me / David Corn (The Nation)
  • Closets full of bones / Peter A. Quinn (America)
  • Part III. Proposition 187 in California
  • Securing our nation's borders / Pete Wilson (Vital Speeches of the Day)
  • Bashing illegals in California / Elizabeth Kadetsky (The Nation)
  • Beyond proposition 187 / Mortimer B. Zuckerman (U.S. News & World Report)
  • What to do about immigration / Linda Chavez (Commentary)
  • Giuliani criticizes a U.S. crackdown on illegal aliens / David Firestone (New York Times)
  • Part IV. The immigration policy debate
  • The coming immigration debate / Jack Miles (Atlantic)
  • Closing the door / Peter Skerry (Commentary)
  • Xenophobia for beginners / Jacob Weisberg (New York)
  • Slowing the wave / James C. Clad (Foreign Policy)
  • Myths about immigrants / Jeffrey S. Passel and Michael Fix (Foreign Policy).