Full Description
A centerpiece of contemporary politics, draconian immigration policies have been long in the making. Maria Cristina Garcia and Maddalena Marinari edit works that examine the post-1980 response of legislation and policy to issues like undocumented immigration, economic shifts, national security, and human rights. Contributors engage with a wide range of ideas, including the effect of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and other laws on the flow of migrants and forms of entry; the impact of neoliberalism and post-Cold War political realignment; the complexities of policing and border enforcement; and the experiences of immigrant groups in communities across the United States. Up-to-date yet rooted in history, Whose America? provides a sophisticated account of recent immigration policy while mapping the ideological struggle to answer an essential question: which people have the right to make America their home or refuge?
Contributors: Leisy Abrego, Carl Bon Tempo, Julio CapÓ, Jr., Carly Goodman, Julia Rose Kraut, Monique Laney, Carl Lindskoog, Yael Schacher, and Elliott Young
Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction: Whose America? Maria Cristina Garcia and Maddalena Marinari
Mass Elimination: Removing Immigrants in the Era of Mass Incarceration Elliot Young
"Families Belong Together": Immigration Policy as Legal Violence Leisy J. Abrego
"Give Me Your Best and Brightest": Chasing STEM Workers since World War II Monique Laney
Legislating Diversity in the Immigration Act of 1990 Carly Goodman
In the Name of National Security: Ideological Exclusion from the Cold War to the War on Terror Julia Rose Kraut
"Uncle Sam Wants You Dead or Deported": How Fears of Sexuality, Gender, and Race Crafted U.S. Immigration Policy since 1980 Julio CapÓ Jr.
"Human Rights for All": The Recent History of Immigration and Human Rights in the United States Carl Bon Tempo
Sanctuary Is Justice: Resilience and Ingenuity in the Sanctuary Movement since 1986 Carl Lindskoog
Misreading History: The United States Supreme Court and the Thwarting of the U.S. Asylum System since the 1980s Yael Schacher
Contributors Index
