We Asked for Workers. We Got Human Beings Instead: The UN International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrants and members of Their Families

Highlights key issues surrounding low wage migration and grounds them in a human rights perspective. The anthology asks three fundamental questions: 1) Why is so much immigration outlawed?; 2) What fundamental rights should migrants without proper documentation possess?; and 3) What makes international human rights for migrants (as opposed to other vulnerable populations) so controversial