Suburban Crossroads : The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy 9780739170199, 9780739197271

The political debate over comprehensive immigration reform in the United States reached a pinnacle in 2006. When Congres

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Suburban Crossroads : The Fight for Local Control of Immigration Policy
9780739170199, 9780739197271

Throughout the twentieth century, local control of school districts was one of the most contentious issues in American p

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In The Fight for Local Control, Campbell F. Scribner demonstrates how, in the decades after World War II, suburban commu

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This book takes a critical, interdisciplinary, and transnational look at immigration enforcement. It connects neoliberal

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The events of 2016 catapulted immigration policy to the forefront of public debate, and Donald Trump’s administration ha

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Jorge Bonilla is hospitalized with pneumonia from sleeping at the restaurant where he works, unable to afford rent on wa

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Whether these local pressures are translated into policies of openness or closure at the national level depends on wheth

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This book explains the development of the Conservative Party’s immigration policy during the seven decades since 1945, u

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Immigration is perhaps the most enduring and elemental leitmotif of America. This book is the most powerful study to dat

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Since its founding, the U.S. has struggled with issues of federalism and states’ rights. In almost every area of law, fr

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From the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to the Rules for Alien Terrorist Removal to U.S. Courts, The Immigratio

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