Earned citizenship /

The migration and settlement of 11 million unauthorized immigrants is among the leading political challenges facing the United States today. But what do the state and citizens owe to unauthorized immigrants, given non-citizen contributions to their adopted country and connections to citizens who dep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sullivan, Michael John, 1980- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Noncitizens > Government policy > United States. Immigrants > Government policy > United States. United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy. Citizenship > United States. Labor service > United States. National service > United States. Illegal immigration > Government policy > United States. Service civique > États-Unis. Service national > États-Unis. Immigration clandestine > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis. États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights. Illegal immigration National service Labor service Immigrants > Government policy Emigration and immigration > Government policy Citizenship Noncitizens > Government policy United States Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Debating immigration reform
Membership as reciprocity
Earned citizenship through military service
Keeping faith with immigrant military personnel and veterans
Recognizing the civic value of parenting a new generation
Caring as a civic service
Moving past "Americanization" towards earned citizenship
Conclusion: Prospects for earned citizenship in a new restrictionist era.