Medellin, Jose Ernesto, 175–80
Medellin, Vernancio, 176, 178
media, the, 190, 215. See also conservative media; mainstream media
immigration debate and, 1–2, 4, 9, 28, 33–34, 40, 70, 86, 109, 116, 121–22, 124, 220, 224, 226, 228, 237–38, 251, 258, 260–61, 269, 276
nontraditional media reports, 204–7
reporting crimes committed by immigrants, 94, 96–98, 100, 109, 116–17, 133, 137–38, 144–45, 148, 151–55, 160–61, 163–72, 175, 178–79, 181–82, 187, 189, 199, 230–31
Medicaid, 267
Medicare, 3, 28, 110–13
Medina, Lina, 190
Medina-Liborio, Hector, 188
Medunjanin, Adis, 95
Meet the Press, 61
Mendez, Jose Luis, 150
Menem, Carlos Saúl, 53
Metzenbaum, Howard, 224
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 57
Mexican Revolution, 58
Mexicans, 21, 32, 45, 57
as Democratic voters, 23
babies of illegal immigrants from, 71
crimes and, 28, 88, 91–93, 101–5, 111, 116, 121–26, 128, 145–46, 148, 153–56, 159, 161, 164–68, 175–80, 183–93, 246
drugs and, 118–19, 121–22
environment and, 28, 195–210
lack of assimilation among immigrants from, 26–27
poverty among immigrants from, 15, 23, 38–39, 219
rate of immigration from, 16, 44, 66–79, 116, 181, 213–26, 260–61
relationship with other minorities, 6
Mexico, 25, 40, 54, 56, 69, 111, 120, 125–26, 263, 277
as immigrant source country, 69–70, 128, 148–55, 173, 178, 184–93, 260
court case defending Jose Ernesto Medellin, 179–80
crimes in, 121–22, 168–71, 192
environmental problems in, 202–7
remittances to, 73, 214–15, 218, 220
Mexico City, 203
Mexiconservación, 203
Miami, FL, 58, 91, 93, 112
Michaels, Lorne, 60
Michigan, 118, 134, 136–37, 235
Microsoft, 240–41, 255
middle class, the, 16, 193, 224, 243
Middle East, the, 89, 120, 201
migrants, 9, 32, 39, 234
Migration Policy Institute, 57
Milbank, Dana, 123
Mills, Jesse, 20
Miner, Bob, 239
Minneapolis, MN, 17, 84–86
Minnesota, 14–15, 83–87, 95–96, 107, 118, 134, 136–40, 233
Minnesota Public Radio, 92
Miranda rights, warnings, 150–51
Missouri, 118, 188, 231
Mitchell, Norman, 192
Mogadishu, 83, 86
Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 98
Mondale, Walter, 257
Mongolian Boys Society, 132–33
monopolies, monopolists, 214–18
Montano, Jose, 161
Morris, Frank, 211
Mozilla Firefox, 239
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 60
MSNBC, 19, 62, 78, 98
Mukhopadhyay, Sankar, 240
Mukhtar, Mohammed, 88
Murdoch, Rupert, 270, 276
Murkowski, Lisa, 43
Musk, Elon, 237
Muslims, 58, 124–25, 152, 190
crime and, 169–70
immigrants, 17, 60–62, 83, 88, 91, 96–97, 106, 116, 234–37
N
Napolitano, Janet, 120
Narvios, Paul, 189
Nash, Claudio, 169
Nation, the, 1
National Association for Bilingual Education, 247
National Association of Immigration Judges, 254
National Clearinghouse on Agricultural Guest Worker Issues, 247
National Coalition for Dignity and Amnesty for Undocumented Immigrants, 247
National Coalition for Haitian Rights, 247
National Council of La Raza, 57, 247, 263. See also La Raza
National Crime Prevention Council, 111
National Farm Worker Ministry, 247
National Immigration Forum, 247
National Immigration Law Center, 57, 247
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, 247
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, 247
national parks
in Mexico, 202–3
in the U.S., 4, 28, 122, 195–202, 204–5, 208–12
National Park Service, 201
National Public Radio (NPR), 168
National Rifle Association (NRA), 271, 276–77
national security, 62
National Security Act of 1947, 98
Native Americans, 195
Nebraska, 29, 69, 89, 187
Nebraska Supreme Court, 188
Needville, TX, 151
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 115–16, 125
Netflix, 46, 239
Netherlands, Dutch, 28, 51–53, 84, 105–6, 171, 237, 241, 255
Netscape, 239
Nevada, 36, 43, 69
Newark, NJ, 73–74
New Deal, 17, 257
New Hampshire, 43, 69
New Jersey, 43, 69, 74, 93, 119, 125, 132–33, 137, 188, 226
New Jersey Supreme Court, 188
Newmark, Craig, 239
New Mexico, 69, 187, 242
Newport, RI, 60
New Republic, 60, 237
Newsday, 185
Newsweek, 21, 90, 122, 249, 264
New York (magazine), 86, 215
New York (state), 58, 69, 77, 84, 89, 91, 154, 230
New York, NY, 45, 73, 127, 169, 172, 184, 226, 235, 250–51
New York Daily News, 186
New Yorker, 216–17, 253–54, 276
New York Police Department (NYPD), 184, 251
New York State Department of Corrections, 104–5, 116
New York Times, 40, 65, 67, 70, 86, 95, 116, 126, 161, 164, 167–68, 170, 172, 176, 192, 198, 200–1, 204, 258, 264–65
Carlos Slim and, 213–26
coverage of immigrant crimes, 88–89, 95–97, 105, 109–10, 118–20, 123, 129–34, 136–38, 160–61, 163, 177–79, 182, 184–85, 201–2, 230
coverage of immigration, 9, 16, 32, 39, 68, 72, 78, 120, 145, 154, 200–1, 214, 220–25, 237–38, 248–49, 251–53, 257–59, 262, 272–76
language used in immigration debate, 31–35, 68–69
New Zealand, New Zealanders, 57, 137, 167, 191, 241
Nexis, 33–34, 40, 52, 67, 111, 121, 148, 150, 153, 178
Ng, Betty, 72–74
Nicaragua, 167
Niger, 58
Nigeria, Nigerians, 92, 110–11, 249, 251–53
1965 Immigration Reform Act, 17–18, 70, 78, 95, 98, 104, 191. See also immigration act of 1965
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 26
Nobel Prizes, 125
Noorani, Ali, 276
Noriega, Manuel, 58
Northeast, the, 143–44
Northeastern University, 100
North Korea, 120, 270
Nosair, El Sayyid, 235
Numbers USA, 203, 270, 276
Nussbaum, Bernie, 224–25
O
Oates, Ed, 239
Obama, Barack, 3, 6, 10, 20–21, 27, 32, 47, 53, 68, 71, 91, 98, 214, 219, 221–22, 257–58, 266, 270
Obama, Michelle, 52
Obama administration, 3, 9, 246
Obamacare, 1–4, 11–12, 37–38, 76, 78, 99, 139, 220, 265
O’Brien, Derrick Sean, 177–78
“Octomom,” 14–15, 233
Odighizuwa, Peter, 92
Office of Migration and Refugee Services, 247
Ohio, 52, 84, 88, 182, 224
Olman, Benson, 145
Open Society Foundations, 57
Opium Wars, 119
Oracle, 239
Orange County, CA, 127
Oregon, 69, 210, 234, 252, 261
Organisation for Econ
omic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 215–18
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, 199
Orlando Sentinel, 106, 151–52
Ortega, Daniel, 196
Ortega, Manuel, 160–61
Ortiz, Jose, 207
Oslo, 169
Our Guys (Lefkowitz), 132
overpopulation, 210–11
Owens, Deborah, 108–9
Oxnard, CA, 226
P
Pakistan, Pakistanis, 14, 60, 81–82, 95–98, 106, 113, 233, 235, 241
Palestine, Palestinians, 6, 61, 88, 91, 93, 115, 126–28
Palin, Sarah, 6, 277
Palm Beach, FL, 168, 226
Panama, 58, 105, 241
Pandora, 239
Paniagua, Guillermo Paniagua, 150–51
Paraguay, 122, 241
Parraz, Randy, 196
Partnership for a New American Economy, 239
Patterson, Jim, 130
Paul, Rand, 32, 98, 262, 270, 273–74, 276
Peloncillo Mountains, 197
Pelosi, Nancy, 23, 278
Peña, Diego Luis, 207
Peña, Elizabeth, 175
Pence, Mike, 266
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), 164
People, 186
Perez, Efrain, 178
Perry, Rick, 100, 120–21, 128, 180, 270, 273
Peru, 21, 53, 58, 189–90, 195, 224, 247
Peter, Marcelles, 160–61
Pew Center for the People and Press, 264
Pew Hispanic Center, 72, 75, 265
Pew Research Center, 21, 27, 69–70, 195, 265
Pfaelzer, Mariana, 261
Philadelphia, PA, 60, 96, 146
Philadelphia Daily News, 146
Philadelphia Story, The, 60
Philippines, Filipino, 16
Phillips, Howard, 266
Pimentel, David, 211
Pincus, Edward, 89
Pincus, Mark, 239
Pinkus, Susan, 259
Plyler v. Doe, 37
Plymouth Adventure, 60
political correctness, 26–27, 138–39, 170, 195, 207
PolitiFact, 100
Poole, Marcia, 227
Population Reference Bureau, 27, 117
Porter, Eduardo, 215
Portugal, Portuguese, 53–54
Posner, Richard, 36
Pravda, 146, 201
Priebus, Reince, 259, 262
Proposition 187, 258–62
ProPublica, 81
Pross, Long, 249
Protestants, Protestantism, 28–29, 52–55, 57, 59, 61, 170
Public Radio International, 242
Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, 6, 55–56
Pugh, Don, 139–40
Putnam, Robert, 64–65
Q
Quebec, 54
Quezada, Mimi, 124
Quinnipiac polling, 265
R
Rabbi Kahane, 235
racial quotas, 63–64, 83
racism, racists, 20, 32, 68, 204, 252, 256–57, 259, 263, 267
false claims of, 4, 26, 35–36, 71–72, 76–79, 87, 108, 139–40, 152, 211, 223, 238, 241
Rally ’round the Flag, Boys!, 60
Randolph, Marc, 239
Raymond, Laurier T., Jr., 87
Rayo, Bertha Leticia, 186
Reagan, Ronald, 4, 7, 22, 37, 44–45, 69, 102, 257–58, 262, 266–68, 273–74
Reconstruction amendments, 37
Rector, Robert, 47
Reddy, Patrick, 18
Redwood National Park, 201–2
Reed, Donna, 60
Reed, Ralph, 176
Rehnquist, William, 191
Reid, Harry, 36, 271
Reilly, Thomas, 276
remittances, 73, 220, 276
Reno, Janet, 223
Republican National Committee (RNC), 259–61
Republican Party, Republicans, 27, 32, 48, 53, 69, 78, 151–52, 193, 221, 231, 242. See also GOP
amnesty and, 11, 31
Bush’s alienation of, 262–64
courtship of Hispanic votes, 3, 5–7, 18, 72, 266, 277–78
depicted as harsh toward immigrants, 176, 222–23, 259
success in elections, 257–62, 267–67, 272, 275–77
weak response to immigration, 5–7, 9–10, 23, 25–26, 43, 79, 85, 102, 223, 266, 269–78
welfare reform and, 16
Reyes, Matias, 182–83
Rhode Island, 69
Richmond, CA, 157–62, 165–66
Richmond High School, 157–62
Richwine, Jason, 78, 240–41
Riege, Christian, 91
Rio Grande, the, 44
Riveiro, Jason, 88
Riverside County, CA, 208
Road of Lost Innocence, The, 249
Roanoke, VA, 91
Roberts, Elmer, 54
Rodriguez-Lopez, Eduardo, 246
Rodriquez-Munguia, Irving Eduardo, 109
Roe v. Wade, 12
Rolling Stone, 135–36, 163
Romero-Gutierrez, Armando, 154–55
Romney, Mitt, 23, 42, 258, 260, 262, 266, 273, 275–77
Ronca, William Edward, 191
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 52–53
Roosevelt, Theodore “Teddy,” 52–53
Roper Center, the, 18
Ross, Blake, 239
Rove, Karl, 23
Rubio, Marco, 6, 8, 42–47, 99, 102, 145, 148, 187, 193, 262, 269–70, 273–76
Rusk, Dean, 77
Russell Sage Foundation, 206
Russia, Russians, 28, 111, 201, 221, 237, 248
Rwanda, 61, 94, 247
Ryan, Meg, 249
S
Sabhnani, Mahender, 230
Sabhnani, Varsha, 230
Salameh, Mohammed, 236
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 215, 260
Salon.com, 123
Salt Lake City, UT, 92
Salvador, Humberto, 165–66
San Bernardino, CA, 208, 226
Sanchez, Juan Carlos, 166
Sanchez Ayala, Juan Carlos, 166
Sanchez Lopez, Oscar, 146
Sandberg, Sheryl, 249
San Diego, CA, 20, 123, 204
San Francisco, CA, 65–66, 157, 166, 230, 259
San Francisco Chronicle, 230
San Gabriel River, 204
San Jose Mercury News, 259–60
Santorum, Rick, 274, 276–77
Saudi Arabia, 122
Schiff, Adam, 62
Schlafly, Phyllis, 266
Schumer, Chuck, 23, 47, 79, 128, 234–36, 273–75
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 259
Scotland, 25, 95
Scots-Irish, 144
Seattle, WA, 147–48, 256
Secure Border Initiative Network, the, 9
Sencion, Eduardo, 91
Senegal, Senegalese, 86
September 11, 2001, attacks (9/11), 62, 90–91, 98, 125, 198, 272, 278
Sequoia National Park, 199
Serrano Indians, 208
Sessions, Jeff, 271
Seung-Hui Cho, 92
Shalabi, Mustafa, 235
Sharpton, Al, 6, 79
Shelbyville, KY, 226
Sia Ye Vang, 135
Siddiqui, Aafia, 98
Sierra Club, 210–12
Sierra Leone, 164
Silicon Valley, 146, 237–39
Silverio, Cristian, 38–39
Silverio, Cristobal, 38–39
Silverio, Felipa, 38–39
Silverio, Lourdes, 38
Simmons, Russell, 239
Simpson-Mazzoli Act, 10
Sinaloa drug cartel, 118–19
Skidmore College, 164
slavery, slaves, 54, 149–50, 182, 193, 227–31, 240
in Asia, 228–29, 249
in pre–Civil War U.S., 32, 37, 55, 64, 82–83
Slim, Carlos. See Helu Slim, Carlos
Smith, Cody, 159
Smith, Den
ny, 261
Snopes.com, 52
Somalia, Somalis, 13, 20, 40, 63, 83, 88, 94, 106
in Lewiston, ME, 87
in Minnesota, 17, 83–87, 95–96
Somali Justice Advocacy Center, 86
Somali Resources Aid Associates, 86
Sonoran Desert National Monument, 199
“Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” 245
Souter, David, 180
South, the, 37, 66, 212, 257
South Africa, 93, 237
South Carolina, 43, 235
southern border, the (U.S.), 5, 99, 125, 128, 214, 221. See also border, the (U.S.)
Southern California, 198, 204
Southern Poverty Law Center, 57, 211, 256
Soviet Union, Soviets, 70, 201
Speropulous, Michael, 140–41
Srikantiah, Jayashria, 231
Sri Lanka, 61
Star Tribune (MN), 137
Staten Island, NY, 170, 253
Steele, James B., 74
Stern, Howard, 126
Stewart, Jon, 60
St. Louis, MO, 88
Stockton, CA, 38–39
Stone, Biz, 239
Stoppelman, Jeremy, 239
St. Paul, MN, 84, 134, 136–37
St. Paul Pioneer Press, 134, 137
Strauss, Levi, 60
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique, 249–50
Sumidero Canyon, 203
Sweden, 25, 53, 85, 169, 241
Switzerland, Swiss, 105–6, 181, 241
T
Taiwan, 167
Talbot, Margaret, 60
Talk of the Town, The, 60
Talovic, Sulejman, 92
Tampa Bay Tribune, 152
Tancredo, Tom, 271
Tapia, Salvador, 92
Teamsters Union, 22
TechCrunch, 48
Teixeira, Ruy, 20
Telmex, 216, 218
terrorism, terrorists, 11, 13, 21, 64, 81, 88, 104, 122, 125, 198, 201, 234–36, 255, 272, 278
“homegrown” terrorists in America, 3, 15, 40, 94–98
Terry, Don, 129
Texas, 54, 100, 120, 125–27, 231, 266, 273
Hispanic population of, 69, 117, 258
immigrant crime in, 100–4, 127, 151, 175–80
Texas Department of Public Safety, 100
Thailand, Thais, 126, 167
Thiel, Peter, 237, 280
Third World, the, 1, 4, 18, 20–22, 26–28, 31, 32–34, 61, 64, 71, 78, 83, 98, 104, 110, 141, 172, 191, 193, 195, 204, 207, 228, 242, 247, 255–56, 261, 266, 271, 277
Tijuana, 206
Tijuana River, 204
Timbo, Ajibu, 164
Time, 54, 74, 264
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 191
Tonga, 241
Torrentes, Elvis, 160–61
Towle, Kate, 85
Tracy, Spencer, 60
Trevi, Gloria, 192
Trinidad and Tobago, 105, 225
Trolley Square Shopping Mall, 92
Trujillo, Refugio, 259
Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar, 14–15, 98
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan, 14–15, 98
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, 21
Turkey, Turkish, 64, 106, 170, 217