50% American? New Book Addresses Immigration, Dual Citizenship, and National Identity
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Contact: John Keeley of the Center for Immigration Studies,
202-466-8185
News Advisory:
How can we cultivate in immigrants an emotional attachment to America?
How does the spread of dual citizenship complicate the process of
strengthening American national identity?
At a time when Congress and the administration are considering
proposals to amnesty million of illegal aliens, launch huge new
"temporary" worker programs, and increase legal immigration, these
questions are more important than ever.
A new book addresses just these issues: The 50 percent American:
Immigration and National Identity in an Age of Terror, by Stanley
Renshon, a political psychologist at the City University of New York.
Renshon describes the topic of his book (from Georgetown University
Press) this way:
Trying to reconcile two different nationalities, cultures, and
psychologies is no easy matter. Yet that is precisely what tens of
millions of Americans must now attempt to do. The subject of this book
is whether that reconciliation is possible and, if it is, how we may
assist immigrants while keeping the needs of the American national
community in view.
The Center for Immigration Studies will sponsor a panel discussion of
the book on Monday, October 24, at 9:30 a.m., at the National Press
Club's Murrow Room. The panel will include:
-- Stanley Renshon, author of The 50 percent American: Immigration and
National Identity in an Age of Terror; professor of political science
at the City University of New York and a certified psychoanalyst
-- David Frum, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute;
contributing editor, National Review
-- James Pinkerton, Fellow, New America Foundation; columnist, Newsday
-- Mark Krikorian, Executive Director, Center for Immigration Studies
Available at the event will be "Reforming Dual Citizenship in the
United States: Integrating Immigrants into the American National
Community", a new Center for Immigration Studies paper adapted from the
book, on line at http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/dualcitizenship.html
The panel discussion is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact John Keeley at 202-466-8185 or j...@cis.org.