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Handcuffs and chain link : criminalizing the undocumented in America / Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien

Author
Gonzalez O'Brien, Benjamin
Additional Titles
Criminalizing the undocumented in America
Published
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Physical Description
xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Contents
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.
Summary
"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."--
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ISBN
9780813941325 hardcover acid-free paper
0813941326 hardcover acid-free paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries) ; 2018
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Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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