Denver is home to over 101,000 people who were born outside the U.S., making up about 14% of our population.
Learning about the conditions that spark immigration, and the state of immigration policy and practice in the U.S., is one way to support fellow Denverites and those who are passing through.
Here are ten books to help you understand the state of immigration in the U.S.
Asylum : a memoir & manifesto by Edafe Okporo
American immigration : a very short introduction by David A Gerber
American refugee : true stories of the refugee experience by Diya Abdo
Central America's forgotten history : revolution, violence, and the roots of migration by Aviva Chomsky
Disappearing rooms: the hidden theaters of immigration law by Michelle Castañeda
The End of Asylum by Andrew I. Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales and Philip Schrag
My boy will die of sorrow : a memoir of immigration from the front lines by Efrén C. Olivares
Solito : a memoir by Javier Zamora.
Things are never so bad that they can't get worse : inside the collapse of Venezuela by William Neuman
The U.S.-Mexico border : a reference handbook by Michael C. LeMay
And some online information about immigrant communities in Denver and Colorado:
State Immigration Data Profiles - Migration Policy Institute
Data and Language Maps | LEP.gov
Denver Metro Area - New American Economy
Immigrants in Colorado - American Immigration Council
Map the Impact - American Immigration Council
U.S. Immigration Statistics - American Immigration Council
