After they closed the gates : Jewish illegal immigration to the United States, 1921-1965 /
"In 1921 and 1924, the United States passed laws to sharply reduce the influx of immigrants into the country. By allocating only small quotas to the nations of southern and eastern Europe, and banning almost all immigration from Asia, the new laws were supposed to stem the tide of foreigners co...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
[2014]
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Building the apparatus of immigration control
- American law, Jewish solidarity
- Smuggling in Jews
- Illicit journeys
- Battling alien registration
- Abolishing the quotas.