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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gerken, Christina
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013.
Subjects:	United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy. United States > Emigration and immigration > Political asepcts > 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. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.