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Alienated : immigrant rights, the constitution, and equality in America /
"Throughout American history, the government has used U.S. citizenship and immigration law to protect privileged groups from less privileged ones, using citizenship as a "legitimate" proxy for otherwise invidious - and often unconstitutional - discrimination on the basis of race. Whil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2005]
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| Colección: | Critical America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Throughout American history, the government has used U.S. citizenship and immigration law to protect privileged groups from less privileged ones, using citizenship as a "legitimate" proxy for otherwise invidious - and often unconstitutional - discrimination on the basis of race. While racial discrimination is rarely legally acceptable today, profiling on the basis of citizenship is still largely unchecked, and has arguably increased in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks on the United States. In this thoughtful examination of the intersection between American immigration and constitutional law, Victor C. Romero draws our attention to a "constitutional immigration law paradox" that reserves certain rights for U.S. citizens only, while simultaneously purporting to treat all people fairly under constitutional law regardless of citizenship"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1429414847 9781429414845 9780814708040 0814708048 0814776744 9780814776742 |