Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America - Couverture rigide

O'Brien, Benjamin Gonzalez

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813941326 ISBN 13 : 9780813941325

Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 2018

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien is Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Virginia Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813941326
• ISBN 13: 9780813941325
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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