Handcuffs and Chain Link : Criminalizing the Undocumented in America /

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"Handcuffs and Chain Link enters the immigration debate by addressing one of its most controversial aspects: the criminalization both of extralegal immigration to the United States and of immigrants themselves in popular and political discourse. Looking at the factors that led up to criminaliza...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzalez O'Brien, Benjamin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Immigration enforcement.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Crime and race.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Immigration clandestine > États-Unis.
Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis.
Criminalite et race > États-Unis.
Illegal immigration > United States.
Noncitizens > United States.
Immigration enforcement > United States.
Crime and race > United States.
United States.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : considering criminality
  • From open borders to locked doors
  • From the path less traveled to the path best known
  • Immigrant criminality and public opinion
  • Policy preferences and the undocumented threat
  • Conclusion : criminalization and reform.

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