Model immigrants and undesirable aliens : : the cost of immigration reform in the 1990s / / Christina Gerken.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Minneapolis : : University of Minnesota Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
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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.