Title:
Handcuffs and chain link : criminalizing the undocumented in America / Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien.
Author:
O'Brien, Benjamin Gonzalez, author.
Publication Information:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
©2018
Call Number:
JV6483 .O47 2018
Abstract:
"Handcuffs and Chain Link enters the immigration debate by addressing one of its most controversial aspects: the criminalization both of extralegal immigration to the United States and of immigrants themselves in popular and political discourse. Looking at the factors that led up to criminalization, Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien points to the alternative approach of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and how its ultimate demise served to negatively reinforce the fictitious association of extralegal immigrants with criminality."-- Publisher's website.
ISBN:
9780813941325
Series:
Race, ethnicity, and politics
Race, ethnicity, and politics.
Physical Description:
xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : considering criminality -- From open borders to locked doors -- From the path less traveled to the path best known -- Immigrant criminality and public opinion -- Policy preferences and the undocumented threat -- Conclusion : criminalization and reform.
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