ISBN:
9780231157612
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 213 S
DDC:
325.73
Keywords:
Immigrants Government policy 20th century
;
History
;
Immigrants Government policy 21st century
;
History
;
Emigration and immigration law History
;
Immigration enforcement
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Political aspects
;
United States Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
Government policy
;
History
;
United States Emigration and immigration 21st century
;
Government policy
;
History
;
USA
;
Einwanderungspolitik
;
Geschichte 1900-2019
Abstract:
Introduction: an untimely intervention on the U.S. immigration debate: puzzling evidence: the contradictions of immigration enforcement and the politics of immigration policy; immigrants and state power: on the margins of the law -- A different kind of immigration, a new kind of statelessness -- The secret life of the state -- Concerned citizens, local exclusions: local immigration laws and the legacy of Jim Crow -- Race, nation, immigration: stranded at the crossroads of liberal thought -- Conclusion: the immigration crucible: immigration policy and enforcement under the Obama Administration; immigration policy, national identity, and the limits of executive authority
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: an untimely intervention on the U.S. immigration debate: puzzling evidence: the contradictions of immigration enforcement and the politics of immigration policy; immigrants and state power: on the margins of the law -- A different kind of immigration, a new kind of statelessness -- The secret life of the state -- Concerned citizens, local exclusions: local immigration laws and the legacy of Jim Crow -- Race, nation, immigration: stranded at the crossroads of liberal thought -- Conclusion: the immigration crucible: immigration policy and enforcement under the Obama Administration; immigration policy, national identity, and the limits of executive authority.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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