Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index.
1. Introduction : immigration's nuances and complexities -- 2. Migration flows, theories, and contexts -- 3. Mexico and unauthorized migration -- 4. Immigrant welfare receipt : implications for policy / with Jennifer Van Hook -- 5. The new immigrants and theories of incorporation / with Susan Wierzbicki -- 6. Immigrant economic incorporation -- 7. Linguistic incorporation among immigrants -- 8. The incorporation of immigrants : patterns of marriage -- 9. The economic and fiscal consequences of immigration -- 10. Immigration and race-ethnicity in the United States / with Jennifer Lee -- 11. Diversity and change in America