Model immigrants and undesirable aliens : the cost of immigration reform in the 1990s / Christina Gerken.

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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. Model Immigr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerken, Christina
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Subjects:
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Emigration and immigration law > United States > History > 20th century.
Immigration enforcement > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1993-2001.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
LAW / Emigration & Immigration.
Physical Description:328 page.
Format: Book
Contents:
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  • 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.