This Land Is Our Land; An Immigrant's Manifesto by Suketo Mehta is another non-fiction history book. Mehta immigrated from India as a teenager. He combines facts about immigration along with emotional stories told by immigrants. He covers the changing perceptions about immigrants and it usually the most recent to arrive who are despised the most. Our country has always had people wanting to come here. Even during the Civil War and the Great Depression, people wanted to become American citizens. This book has a definite pro-immigration stance. The figures on new arrivals are staggering. How does a nation decide how many people can join in a given year? And who gets to decide that figure? Although I did learn some things about immigration by reading this book, I am now aware I have a lot more to learn before I can even begin to understand the complexity of it all.
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