Imin Taikoku America (Chiku Ma Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] The United States, the world's largest immigrant nation, is now facing a major crisis. Since the 1990s, the number of immigrants from Central and South America has increased rapidly, and currently there are more than 1 million illegal immigrants. President Obama, with the support of many immigrants, has issued an executive order granting legal status to over 5 million illegal immigrants. Criticism of illegal immigration is growing in the U.S. society, which has prided itself on being a nation of immigrants since its founding. How will immigration policy evolve? How should Japan respond? This spirited political scientist provides an incisive analysis of U.S. society with the immigration issue as a starting point.

世界最大の移民国アメリカは、いま大きな危機を迎えている。一九九〇年代以降、中南米出身の移民が急増し、現在一〇〇〇万人を超える不法移民がいる。多くの移民の支持を得たオバマ大統領は、五〇〇万人を超える不法移民に合法的地位を与える行政命令を出した。建国以来、移民の国であることに誇りを持ってきた米国社会で、不法移民批判が高まりつつある。移民政策はどう展開するのか。日本はどう対応すべきか。気鋭の政治学者が、移民問題を切り口に米国社会を鋭く分析する。