Notes
This article is an expansion and revision of remarks presented by the author as a commentator at a conference on “Immigrants and Refugees in a Changing Nation” organized by Lucy M. Cohen and Mary Ann Grossnickle, and sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, The Catholic University of America. I am particularly indebted to Karen E. Rosenblum for a critique of the remarks presented at the conference and this revision of them, and to Christie Cohagen, Lucy M. Cohen, and David Howell for their review of the final draft of this paper. The author is currently employed by the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be construed as representing the position or opinions of the Federal Government.