This bookexamines how and why liberalism and human rights have proven insufficient toprotect immigrants. Contemporary immigration systems are characterized byincreasing complexity and expanding enforcement, and frequently criticized forviolating human rights and for causing death, exclusion and exploitation. The'migrant crisis' can also be understood as a crisis of hospitality for liberaldemocracies. Through analysis of the immigration histories and politicaldynamics of Britain and the US, the book explains how these two archetypalliberal states have both sought to create a hostile environment for unwantedimmigrants. The book provides a fresh and original perspective on thedevelopment of immigration systems, showing how they have become subject to thepolitics of fear and greed, and revealing how different traditions ofhospitality have evolved, survived, and renewed.