The INS on the line : making immigration law on the US-Mexico border, 1917-1954 / / S. Deborah Kang

• Autore: Kang S. Deborah <1970->
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 363.2850973
• Soggetto topico: Border security - Mexican-American Border Region; Immigration enforcement - Mexican-American Border Region; Mexicans - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Border security - Government policy - United States; Emigration and immigration law - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Mexican-American Border Region Emigration and immigration; United States Emigration and immigration Government policy
• Classificazione: HIS025000HIS036060LAW060000
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2017.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Sectional Immigration Policy -- 2 The Battle for the Border -- 3 Repatriation and Reform -- 4 An Agency in Crisis -- 5 Making the Local National -- 6 The Federal Regulation of the U.S.-Mexico Border -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'The INS on the Line' offers a comprehensive history of the INS in the southwestern borderlands, tracing the ways in which local immigration officials both made and enforced the nation's immigration laws.
• Titolo autorizzato: The INS on the line
• ISBN: 0-19-065524-0; 0-19-065525-9; 0-19-065523-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154719503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II