{"product_id":"myths-made-in-americaisbn-9780807057163","title":"Myths Made in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eRevised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book which demystifies twenty-one of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigrations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAviva Chomsky dismantles twenty-one of the most widespread and pernicious myths and beliefs about immigrants and immigration in this incisive book. \u003ci\u003e\"They Take Our Jobs!\"\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the underlying assumptions that fuel misinformed claims about immigrants, radically altering our notions of citizenship, discrimination, and US history. With fresh material including a new introduction, revised timeline, and updated terminology section, this expanded edition is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how these myths are used to promote aggressive anti-immigrant policies.A Note on Terminology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, 2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: IMMIGRANTS AND THE ECONOMY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth 1. Immigrants take American jobs\u003cbr\u003eMyth 2. Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages\u003cbr\u003eMyth 3. Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class\u003cbr\u003eMyth 4. Immigrants don’t pay taxes\u003cbr\u003eMyth 5. Immigrants are a drain on the economy\u003cbr\u003eMyth 6. Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: IMMIGRANTS AND THE LAW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth 7. The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just as immigrants in the past did\u003cbr\u003eMyth 8. The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants\u003cbr\u003eMyth 9. The United States has a generous refugee policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: IMMIGRATION AND RACE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth 10. The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world\u003cbr\u003eMyth 11. Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing\u003cbr\u003eMyth 12. Today’s immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating\u003cbr\u003eMyth 13. Today’s immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR: HOW HAVE US POLICIES CREATED IMMIGRATION?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth 14. Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living\u003cbr\u003eCase Study: The Philippines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE: THE DEBATE AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth 15. The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that\u003cbr\u003eMyth 16. The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in  California shows that the public opposes immigration\u003cbr\u003eMyth 17. Immigration is a problem\u003cbr\u003eMyth 18. Countries need to control who goes in and out\u003cbr\u003eMyth 19. We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country\u003cbr\u003eMyth 20. If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported\u003cbr\u003eMyth 21. The problems this book raises are so huge that there’s nothing we can do about them\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eTimeline\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes“A must-read for anyone who wants to understand immigration in the US.”\u003cbr\u003e—Eva Longoria, actress, businesswoman, producer, and philanthropist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An indispensable guide to the current debate on immigration. If you are at all uncertain about how to deal with anti-immigrant arguments, you will find Chomsky’s book a perfect response. She makes her points with clarity and uses unassailable evidence while offering constructive short- and long-term solutions.”\u003cbr\u003e—Howard Zinn, author of \u003ci\u003eYou Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Chomsky] not only demolishes virtually every myth about immigrants and immigration to the US, but also offers policymakers and activists solutions for tackling many of the issues created by globalization and an immigration policy grounded in falsehoods, and in so doing destroys the greatest myth of all: that nothing can be done.”\u003cbr\u003e—Robin D. G. Kelley, author of \u003ci\u003eFreedom Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chomsky’s book provides us all with a much-needed sense of history and justice—and injustice—that must be included as we struggle for fair and humane immigration policies.”\u003cbr\u003e—Catherine Tactaquin, executive director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights\u003cb\u003eAviva Chomsky\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and the coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State University. The author of several books, Chomsky has been active in Latin American solidarity and immigrants' rights movements for over thirty years. 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