Western Hemisphere Immigration and United States Foreign Policy. (book reviews)

The title accurately describes the purpose of the book, namely, to analyze how immigration policy toward Western Hemisphere countries is shaped by U.S. foreign policy concerns. Because U.S. attitudes toward specific nations changes from time to time depending on the foreign leaders and the ideological bent of the U.S.

administration of the moment, this often gives rise to a double inconsistency in U.S. immigration policy. The policy differentiates between nations (refugees from Cuba are almost invariably treated more cordially than those from Haiti) and toward the same nation at ...

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