Whose America?
eBook - ePub

Whose America?

U.S. Immigration Policy since 1980

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Whose America?

U.S. Immigration Policy since 1980

About this book

A centerpiece of contemporary politics, draconian immigration policies have been long in the making. Maria Cristina Garcia and Maddalena Marinari edit works that examine the post-1980 response of legislation and policy to issues like undocumented immigration, economic shifts, national security, and human rights. Contributors engage with a wide range of ideas, including the effect of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and other laws on the flow of migrants and forms of entry; the impact of neoliberalism and post-Cold War political realignment; the complexities of policing and border enforcement; and the experiences of immigrant groups in communities across the United States.

Up-to-date yet rooted in history, Whose America? provides a sophisticated account of recent immigration policy while mapping the ideological struggle to answer an essential question: which people have the right to make America their home or refuge?

Contributors: Leisy Abrego, Carl Bon Tempo, Julio CapĂł, Jr., Carly Goodman, Julia Rose Kraut, Monique Laney, Carl Lindskoog, Yael Schacher, and Elliott Young

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: Whose America?
  7. 1 Eliminating Immigrants in the Era of Mass Incarceration
  8. 2 Families Belong Together: Immigration Policy as Legal Violence
  9. 3 Give Me Your Best and Brightest: Chasing STEM Workers since World War II
  10. 4 Legislating Diversity in the Immigration Act of 1990
  11. 5 In the Name of National Security: Ideological Exclusion from the Cold War to the War on Terror
  12. 6 “Uncle Sam Wants You Dead or Deported”: How Fears of Sexuality, Gender, and Race Crafted U.S. Immigration Policy since 1980
  13. 7 “Human Rights for All”: The Recent History of Immigration and Human Rights in the United States
  14. 8 Sanctuary Is Justice: Resilience and Ingenuity in the Sanctuary Movement since 1986
  15. 9 Misreading History: The Supreme Court and the Thwarting of the U.S. Asylum System since the 1980s
  16. Contributors
  17. Index
  18. Back Cover