TY  - GEN
T1  - Handcuffs and chain link : criminalizing the undocumented in America
T2  - Race, ethnicity, and politics.
A1  - Gonzalez O'Brien, Benjamin
LA  - English
PP  - Charlottesville
PB  - University of Virginia Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1076543605
AB  - "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. Crucial to Gonzalez O'Brien's account thus is the concept of the critical policy failure--a piece of legislation that attempts a radically different approach to a major issue but has shortcomings that ultimately further entrench the approach it was designed to supplant. The IRCA was just such a piece of legislation. It highlighted the contributions of the undocumented and offered amnesty to some while attempting to stem the flow of extralegal immigration by holding employers accountable for hiring the undocumented. The failure of this effort at decriminalization prompted a return to criminalization with a vengeance, leading to the stalemate on immigration policy that persists to this day"--Publisher's description
OP  - 178
CN  - JV6483
SN  - 9780813941332
SN  - 0813941334
SN  - 9780813941325
SN  - 0813941326
KW  - United States : Emigration and immigration : Government policy.
KW  - United States : Emigration and immigration : Political aspects.
KW  - Crime and race : United States.
KW  - Immigration enforcement : United States.
KW  - Noncitizens : United States.
KW  - Illegal immigration : United States.
KW  - Criminalité et race : États-Unis.
KW  - Émigration et immigration : Lois : Application : États-Unis.
KW  - Immigrants clandestins : États-Unis.
KW  - Immigration clandestine : États-Unis.
KW  - États-Unis : Émigration et immigration : Politique gouvernementale.
KW  - États-Unis : Émigration et immigration : Aspect politique.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Emigration & Immigration.
KW  - Noncitizens
KW  - Illegal immigration
KW  - Crime and race
KW  - Emigration and immigration : Government policy
KW  - Emigration and immigration : Political aspects
KW  - Immigration enforcement
KW  - United States
KW  - Electronic book.
ER  -