Immigration & Naturalization Service

Know Your Government

by Edward H. Dixon, Mark A. Galan

Surveys the history of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and describes its structure, and current functions

110 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was more interesting than I expected it to be. It's part of a "Know Your Government" series of books and appears to be put together by the INS itself, though it's published by Chelsea House. So I expected it to be dry. However, the bulk of the book is the history of immigration policy in the U.S. and I found it quite interesting and willing to stare unflattering biases straight in the face. The book was published in 1990 and thus is out of date, but it reinforces what is true today: we are a nation of immigrants highly conflicted about continued immigration.