Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens: The Cost of Immigration Reform in the 1990s
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens: The Cost of Immigration Reform in the 1990s
By (Author) Christina Gerken
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st November 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Migration, immigration and emigration
Civics and citizenship
Citizenship and nationality law
342.73082
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 51mm
Description
During 1995 and 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law three bills that altered the rights and responsibilities of immigrants: the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the Personal Responsibility Act, and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. "Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens" examines the ch
Reviews
"Christina Gerken has hold of a crucial issue, and her fine book makes clear that we have to confront the neoliberal paradigm to address questions of immigrant rights."Rachel Ida Buff, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Author Bio
Christina Gerken is assistant professor in the Womens and Gender Studies Program at Indiana University South Bend.
