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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777605703321

Autore

Romero Victor C

Titolo

Alienated : immigrant rights, the constitution, and equality in America / / Victor C. Romero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8147-7674-4

0-8147-0804-8

1-4294-1484-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 pages)

Collana

Critical America

Disciplina

342.7308/2

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration law - United States

Constitutional law - United States

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 (p. 237-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Equality for all as a constitutional mandate (noncitizens included!) -- Immigrants and the war on terrorism after 9/11 -- Automatic citizens, automatic deportees : parents, children, and crimes -- Building the floor : preserving the Fourth Amendment rights of undocumented migrants -- Hitting the ceiling : the right to a college education -- A peek into the future? : same-gender partners and immigration law -- The equal noncitizen : alternatives in theory and practice.

Sommario/riassunto

Romero endorses an equality-based reading of the Constitution and advocates a new theoretical and practical approach that protects the individual rights of non-citizens without sacrificing their personhood.