Greg Prieto

Myth and Reality in the U.S. Immigration Debate (eBook, PDF)

The Myths and Realities of Immigration in the United States

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook takes a critical perspective on how current immigration laws have been formulated. Central insights from the rich immigration literature and from law and society scholars show how "illegality" is itself produced by law, a status with challenging consequences for individuals and families. Various periods of liberalization and restriction in U.S. history demonstrate that politics shape law and, consequently, whether and how immigrants can come to the U.S. and what opportunities are made available to them once they arrive. This insight is crucial to the current debate because it returns the decision about our collective treatment of immigrants to the realm of politics and society. Here we can reconsider the efficacy and humanity of current immigration law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317221562
• Artikelnr.: 59950739

Autorenporträt

Greg Prieto is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. His first book Immigrants Under Threat: Risk and Resistance in the Deportation Nation (NYU Press), was the co-winner of the Best Contribution to Research Book Award granted by the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. His articles appear in the journals American Sociological Review, Latino Studies, and Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements
Timeline
1. Introduction: The Legal Production of Immigrant 'Illegality'
2. A Brief History of Immigration Law and Policy
3. Job Takers, Criminals, Fiscal Drains: Fact vs. Fiction in the
Immigration Debate
4. Harvest of Empire: Globalization and Immigration
5. "Get in Line": The Legal Immigration Queue and the Inequity of Equal
Treatment
6. Conclusion: Race, Immigration, and the Moral Case for Reform
Glossary
References

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Contents



Acknowledgements

Timeline



1. Introduction: The Legal Production of Immigrant 'Illegality'

2. A Brief History of Immigration Law and Policy

3. Job Takers, Criminals, Fiscal Drains: Fact vs. Fiction in the Immigration Debate

4. Harvest of Empire: Globalization and Immigration

5. "Get in Line": The Legal Immigration Queue and the Inequity of Equal Treatment

6. Conclusion: Race, Immigration, and the Moral Case for Reform



Glossary

References