Special Reports for " Urban and Suburban" The Challenge of Immigration Immigration has become increasingly controversial in the United States and Europe, forcing national leaders to confront issues ranging from illegal immigrants and political refugees to welfare benefits and bilingual education. Peter Holden/The World & I  Chinatown in New York? The dynamic conditions of American Society that detached people from their origins and reabsorbed them into new communities created novel combinations of ethnic identity. Introduction Immigration has become an increasingly controversial issue in the United States and Europe, forcing national leaders to confront issues ... Heating Up the Melting Pot Americans have always been of two minds about immigration. Ben Franklin wondered whether Pennsylvania's colonial legislature would require ... The EC: In Search of a New Policy Historically, there is little as-pariah paradigm, especially during austere times of economic and political faltering. Western Europe ... The Permanently Unfinished Country The twentieth century has been called the "American century" because of the rise of the United States to world leadership. It has also ...