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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463679603321

Autore

Brown Donathan

Titolo

When race and policy collide : contemporary immigration debates / / Donathon Brown and Amardo Rodriguez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4408-3124-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

325.73

Soggetti

Immigrants - Government policy - United States

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Emigration and immigration law - United States

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the continual problems with race and public policy -- 1. Bilingual education and immigration reform -- 2. Official language laws amidst immigration reform -- 3. Housing ordinances and immigration policy -- 4. Borders and immigration policy -- 5. Immigration and voting rights -- 6. Recommendations and conclusion -- Epilogue : since Shelby County v. Holder.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining actual policy to identify the facts, this book exposes how racially charged political and legal debates over immigration reform in the United States continue to inform our immigration policy.