"Examines the underlying complexities of immigration in the United States and the relationship between globalization of the economy and issues of political sovereignty"--Provided by publisher.

Contemporary assimilation in the United States -- Enemy invaders! Mexican immigrants and U.S. wars against them -- Anti-immigration groups and civil society : pathway to democracy or support for prerogative power? -- Homo laborans, statelessness, and terror : economic deregulation and the strengthening of sovereignty -- Conclusion : the right to rights?.