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

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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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Main Author: Gerken, Christina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Immigration enforcement.
Immigrants > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration law.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
LAW > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Immigration enforcement > United States > History > 20th century.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1993-2001.
United States > Politics and government > 1993-2001.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Political asepcts > History > 20th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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