Immigration divides our globalizing world like no other issue. Countries are swamped by illegal immigrants and infiltrated by terrorists, their jobs stolen, welfare system abused, way of life destroyed--or so we are told. Philippe Legrain has written the first book about immigration that looks beyond the headlines. Why are ever-rising numbers of people from poor countries arriving in the United States, Europe, and Australia? Can we keep them out? Should we even be trying? Combining compelling firsthand reporting from around the world, incisive socioeconomic analysis, and a broad understanding of what's at stake politically and culturally, Immigrants is a passionate but lucid book.