New Destination Dreaming: Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South

(Stanford University Press) After realizing that immigrants were increasingly settling in the South rather than urban gateways like New York, Marrow conducted interviews with both Hispanic newcomers and non-Hispanic Southerners in two different counties. Her book sheds light on the immigrant experience, how rapid Hispanic immigration influences Southern race relations, and how institutions like schools and public health centers are dealing with undocumented residents. Marrow is an assistant professor of sociology at Tufts University and a coeditor of The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration since 1965.