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Constructing Illegality In America: Immigrant Experiences, Critiques, And Resistance, Daniel Kanstroom, Cecilia Menjívar
Constructing Illegality In America: Immigrant Experiences, Critiques, And Resistance, Daniel Kanstroom, Cecilia Menjívar
Daniel Kanstroom
The topic of 'illegal' immigration has been a major aspect of public discourse in the United States and many other immigrant-receiving countries. From the beginning of its modern invocation in the early twentieth century, the often ill-defined epithet of human 'illegality' has figured prominently in the media; in vigorous public debates at the national, state, and local levels; and in presidential campaigns. In this collection of essays, contributors from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, law, political science, religious studies, and sociology - examine how immigration law shapes immigrant illegality, how the concept of immigrant illegality is deployed and lived, …
Immigration Law: Current Challenges And The Elusive Search For Legal Integrity, Daniel Kanstroom
Immigration Law: Current Challenges And The Elusive Search For Legal Integrity, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
This chapter offers an overview of deep questions about immigration and deportation law and practice. It includes a discussion of recent deportation policies and Supreme Court precedents.
Immigration, Daniel Kanstroom
Deportation Nation: Outsiders In American History, Daniel Kanstroom
Deportation Nation: Outsiders In American History, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
The danger of deportation hangs over the head of virtually every noncitizen in the United States. In the complexities and inconsistencies of immigration law, one can find a reason to deport almost any noncitizen at almost any time. In recent years, the system has been used with unprecedented vigor against millions of deportees.
We are a nation of immigrants--but which ones do we want, and what do we do with those that we don’t? These questions have troubled American law and politics since colonial times.
Deportation Nation is a chilling history of communal self-idealization and self-protection. The post-Revolutionary Alien and …
The Long, Complex, And Futile Deportation Saga Of Carlos Marcello, Daniel Kanstroom
The Long, Complex, And Futile Deportation Saga Of Carlos Marcello, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
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Immigration, Daniel Kanstroom
Immigration Litigation In Federal Court, Daniel Kanstroom
Immigration Litigation In Federal Court, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
No abstract provided.
Immigration Consequences Of Criminal Convictions, Daniel Kanstroom
Immigration Consequences Of Criminal Convictions, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
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Dangerous Undertones Of The New Nativism: Peter Brimelow And The Decline Of The West, Daniel Kanstroom
Dangerous Undertones Of The New Nativism: Peter Brimelow And The Decline Of The West, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
Nativism - an intense opposition to immigrants and other non-native members of society - has been deeply imbedded in the American character from the earliest days of the nation. Dating from the Alien and Sedition controversy of 1798 to California's recent Proposition 187, nativism has long been a driving force in policy making, a particular irony in a country founded and populated by immigrants.
This anthology of original, specially commissioned essays is informed at its core by George Santayana's famous edict that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Examining the current surge in nativism in …
Federal Court Litigation And Review, Daniel Kanstroom
Federal Court Litigation And Review, Daniel Kanstroom
Daniel Kanstroom
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