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Defining America through immigration policy /
From the earliest days of nationhood, the United States has determined who might enter the country and who might be naturalized. In this sweeping review of US immigration policies, Bill Ong Hing points to the racial, ethnic, and social struggles over who should be welcomed into the community of citi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | Mapping racisms.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Defining America. The Western European new world and the new Americans ; The undesirable Asian ; "Translate this": the 1917 literacy law ; The xenophobic 1920s.
- pt. II. Redefining America. The 1952 act: excluding communists, homosexuals, and other undesirables ; 1965 to 1990: from discriminatory quotas to discriminatory diversity visas.
- pt. III. Defining Mexicans as non-Americans. Politicizing the Southwest border ; Patrolling the border and sweeping for Mexicans ; IRCA: penalizing employers, as amnesty barely survives ; The dark side of modern-day enforcement: Operation Gatekeeper.
- pt. IV. Deporting and barring non-Americans. Removal ; The politics of asylum.
- Epilogue: Two Americas.