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Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens : The Cost of Immigration Reform in the 1990s /

During 1995 and 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law three bills that altered the rights and responsibilities of immigrants: the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the Personal Responsibility Act, and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. This book exam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gerken, Christina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Building a Neoliberal Consensus
  • Exclusionary Acts : A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Laws
  • Family Values and Moral Obligations : The Logic of Congressional Rhetoric
  • Dehumanizing the Undocumented : The Legislative Language of Illegality
  • Manufacturing the Crisis : Encoded Racism in the Daily Press
  • Entrepreneurial Spirits and Individual Failures : The Neoliberal Human Interest Story
  • Conclusion : Legacies of Failed Reform.