U.S. immigration policy and the undocumented : ambivalent laws, furtive lives /

U.S. immigration policy and the undocumented : ambivalent laws, furtive lives /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hayes, Helene, 1940-
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Description:	xxiii, 152 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (United States) Illegal aliens -- Government policy -- United States. Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Illegal aliens -- Government policy. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4493627

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ISBN:	0275954102 (alk. paper) 0275954110 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-146) and index.

Table of Contents:

Tables and Figures
Foreword
Introduction
1. Closing the Back Door
2. America's Exclusionary Impulse
3. The History of Undocumented Immigration in the United States
4. The Legislative History of IRCA: Key Provisions
5. The Impact of IRCA on Undocumented Immigrants: A Furtive Exercise in Survival
6. The Human Toll: Scars on the American Conscience
References
Index