ISBN:
9781136075780
,
113607578X
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (xi, 138 pages)
,
illustrations
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Park, Edward J.W Probationary Americans
DDC:
305.895073090511
Schlagwort(e):
Asian Americans
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; Asian American Studies
;
Einwanderung
;
Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
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Asian Americans
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
United States
;
Asiaten
;
USA
;
United States Emigration and immigration
;
Government policy
;
United States
;
Asiaten
;
USA
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Probationary Americans examines contemporary immigration rules and how they affect the make-up of immigrant communities. The authors' key argument is that immigration policies place race and class as important criteria for gaining entry to the United States, and in doing so, alter the makeup of America's immigrant communities
Kurzfassung:
The next American nation -- Governing admissions to the United States : basic themes -- Exclusion, deportation, and refugee admissions -- Efficiency and cost : detention and deportation under the Acts of 1996 -- Toward limits to welfare and family reunification -- "Temporary workers" in American law and society since 1990 -- Engineering the model minority -- Probationary Americans.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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