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One of the central issues nations share in our globalized world is a drastic reshaping of populations brought about by massive labor migrations. With this has come another globally pervasive issue: immigrant abuse. From Asian workers abused in the oil-rich Gulf states, Latinos trafficked at the US-Mexico border, African sans papiers exploited in France, and sub-Saharan farmhands attacked by organized crime groups in Italy, these communities have faced acute discrimination, exploitation, and violence. With so many of these laborers undocumented and spread across a variety of nations, industries, and cultures, a truly global assessment of their lives and how they fit into their new societies has yet to be offered.

The Immigrant War provides a global and accessible look at the emerging social conflict immigration has evoked. To do so, Vittorio Longhi navigates the conflicting assumptions about many immigrant communities—how they are simultaneously vital social actors fighting for their human rights and passive victims beleaguered by unrelenting antagonism—and exposes an alarmingly absent response from many governments, who allow these huge populations to falter in a policy vacuum. Sketching this moment in global history as an immigrant war for human rights, citizenship, and equality, Longhi offers a vital rethinking of the immigration policy that needs to be drafted in order to break the chain of exploitation and provide immigrants a viable role in contemporary society. Giving voice to countless untold stories from every corner of the world, The Immigrant War is a comprehensive look at a critical topic that will likely shape the community you live in, no matter where it is.