LEADER 04598nam 22006011 450 001 9910790785603321 005 20230803022437.0 010 $a0-8166-8629-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001159818 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041075 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11572154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041075 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11009734 035 $a(PQKB)11268375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1538756 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1538756 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10797191 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL543023 035 $a(OCoLC)862745938 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001159818 100 $a20130812d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModel immigrants and undesirable aliens $ethe cost of immigration reform in the 1990s /$fChristina Gerken 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cUniversity of Minnesota Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8166-7473-6 311 $a1-306-11772-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Introduction: Building a Neoliberal Consensus -- 1. Exclusionary Acts: A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Laws -- 2. Family Values and Moral Obligations: The Logic of Congressional Rhetoric -- 3. Dehumanizing the Undocumented: The Legislative Language of Illegality -- 4. Manufacturing the Crisis: Encoded Racism in the Daily Press -- 5. Entrepreneurial Spirits and Individual Failures: The Neoliberal Human Interest Story -- Conclusion: Legacies of Failed Reform -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"During 1995 and 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law three bills that altered the rights and responsibilities of immigrants: the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the Personal Responsibility Act, and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. Model Immigrants and Undesirable Aliens examines the changing debates around immigration that preceded and followed the passage of landmark legislation by the U.S. Congress in the mid-1990's, arguing that it represented a new, neoliberal way of thinking and talking about immigration. Christina Gerken explores the content and the social implications of the deliberations that surrounded the development and passage of immigration reform, analyzing a wide array of writings from congressional debates and committee reports to articles and human-interest stories in mainstream newspapers. The process, she shows, disguised its underlying racism by creating discursive strategies that shaped and upheld an image of "desirable" immigrants--those who could demonstrate "personal responsibility" and an ability to contribute to the U.S. economy. Gerken finds that politicians linked immigration to complex issues: poverty, welfare reform, so-called family values, measures designed to combat terrorism, and the spiraling costs of social welfare programs. Although immigrants were often at the center of congressional debates, politicians constructed an elaborate, abstract terminology that appeared to be unrelated to race or gender. Instead, politicians promoted neoliberal policies as the avenue to a postracist, postsexist world of opportunity for every rational consumer with an entrepreneurial spirit. Still, Gerken concludes that the passage of pathbreaking legislation was characterized by a useful tension between neoliberal assumptions and hidden anxieties about race, class, gender, and sexuality."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImmigrants$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImmigration enforcement$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1993-2001 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law$xHistory 615 0$aImmigrants$xGovernment policy$xHistory 615 0$aImmigration enforcement$xHistory 676 $a325.7309/049 700 $aGerken$b Christina$01491609 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790785603321 996 $aModel immigrants and undesirable aliens$93713487 997 $aUNINA