The amount of legal immigrants accelerated in the 1990s to an average of greater than a million a year. That was up from simply over 300,000 a year in the 1960s and 600,000 a season with the 1980s. When the amount of illegal immigrants is usually added to this, the total inflow through the 1990s was around 12 million. That compares with 500,000 in the 1930s.

Crowded Land of Liberty examines how this progressed into a crisis adding to overcrowded schools, soaring demand for sociable services, new burdens in taxpayers, increased metropolitan congestion, and heightened job competition. The writer explains how recent waves of immigration change from those of previously eras, and he explores brand-new public plan alternatives.