Benjamin C. Montoya

Benjamin C. Montoya studies U.S.-Mexican relations and immigration. His first book, Risking Immeasurable Harm: Immigration Restriction and U.S.-Mexican Diplomatic Relations, 1924 to 1932 (University of Nebraska Press, 2020), explains how the prospect of immigration restriction affects diplomatic relations. Dr. Montoya’s second book, A Diplomatic History of US Immigration during the 20th Century: Policy, Law, and National Identity (Bloomsbury Academic, 2024), offers a series of case studies on different immigrant groups to demonstrate how U.S. immigration restriction effected U.S. foreign relations from the early 20th to the early 21st century. He has written several articles, book reviews, and was a co-editor of and contributor to Beyond 1917: The United States and the Global Legacies of the Great War (Oxford University Press, 2017). Dr. Montoya is an Associate Professor of History at Schreiner University in Kerrville, TX, where he lives with his wife and two children.