Global Cities and Immigrants

Contents: Laurie Reynolds: Immigration Federalism and Local Regulation in the United States - Francisco Velasco Caballero: Can There Be a Local Immigration Policy? - Laurie Reynolds/Francisco Velasco Caballero: Comparative Notes on Local Government Involvement in Immigration - Matthew Kuenning: Overview of the Rights of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States - Tomás de la Quadra-Salcedo Janini: Legal Status of Immigrants: Rights for Illegal Immigrants? - Matthew Kuenning/Tomás de la Quadra-Salcedo Janini: Comparative Notes on the Rights of Unauthorized Aliens - Amalia Pallares/Maria de los Angeles Torres: Local Autonomy From the Burdens of National Sovereignty: A Case Study of Local Immigration Policies in the City of Chicago, Cook County, and the State of Illinois - Silvia Díez Sastre: Immigration Control and Policies of Integration of Immigrants at a Local Level - Amalia Pallares/Maria de los Angeles Torres/Silvia Díez Sastre: Comparative Notes on the Role of Local Government in the Enforcement of Migratory Law - Nilda Flores-Gonzalez/Julio Capeles/Carolina Calvillo/Rajhai Wilson/Irma Olmedo: Immigrant Education Policies in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - José María Rodríguez de Santiago: Immigrant Minors' Integration and Social Cohesion Policies Through the School - Nilda Flores-González/José María Rodríguez de Santiago: Comparative Notes on Integration Policies in Schools for Immigrant Children - Xóchitl Bada: Mexican Migrant Civic Engagement in Chicago - Carmen Navarro: Immigrant Associations and Local Politics in Madrid - Susana Sánchez Ferro: Democracy and Immigration in Spain - Xóchitl Bada/Carmen Navarro/Susana Sánchez Ferro: Comparative Notes on Political Participation of Immigrants in the United States and Spain - Maria de los Angeles Torres: Final Comments: National Differences, Local Similarities.

Francisco Velasco Caballero is Professor of Administrative Law at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. He is former director of the Institute of Local Government at the university and was a lawyer at the Constitutional Court of Spain.
María de los Angeles Torres is Executive Director of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research and Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies. She has published extensively on Cuban exiles, Latino political incorporation, and immigration.