Handcuffs and chain link : criminalizing the undocumented in America /

"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 criminaliza...

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Autor principal: Gonzalez O'Brien, Benjamin (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press 2018.
Col·lecció:Race, ethnicity, and politics.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv8d5s8s
Taula de continguts:
  • 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.