Model immigrants and undesirable aliens : the cost of immigration reform in the 1990s / Christina Gerken. [electronic resource]
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TextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (337 pages)ISBN: - 9780816686292 (e-book)
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Immigration enforcement -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001
- 325.7309/049 23
- JV6483 .G47 2013
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Introduction: Building a Neoliberal Consensus -- 1. Exclusionary Acts: A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Laws -- 2. Family Values and Moral Obligations: The Logic of Congressional Rhetoric -- 3. Dehumanizing the Undocumented: The Legislative Language of Illegality -- 4. Manufacturing the Crisis: Encoded Racism in the Daily Press -- 5. Entrepreneurial Spirits and Individual Failures: The Neoliberal Human Interest Story -- Conclusion: Legacies of Failed Reform -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.