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THE WALLS WITHIN: POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION IN MOD AMERCA

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<P>This book offers a history of the battles over US immigrants’ rights since 1965—and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and more. The 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach. But subsequent demographic shifts resulted in a backlash over the social contract and the rights of citizens versus noncitizens. In this title, the author explores those political clashes, focusing not on attempts to stop immigration at the border, but on efforts to limit immigrants’ rights within the United States through domestic policy. Drawing on new materials from the Carter, Reagan, and Clinton administrations, and immigration and civil rights organizations, she exposes how the politics of immigration control has undermined the idea of citizenship for all. She shows that immigration politics was not just about building or tearing down walls, but about employer sanctions, access to schools, welfare, and the role of local authorities in implementing policies. In the years after 1965, a rising restrictionist movement sought to marginalize immigrants in realms like public education and the labor market. Yet throughout the 1970s and 1980s, restrictionists faced countervailing forces committed to an expansive notion of immigrants’ rights. In the 1990s, with national politics gridlocked, anti-immigrant groups turned to statehouses to enact their agenda. Achieving strength at the local level, conservatives supporting immigration restriction actually acquired more influence under the Clinton presidency than even during the so-called Reagan revolution, resulting in dire consequences for millions of immigrants. Revealing the roots behind much of today’s nativist sentiment, this volume examines debates about who is entitled to the American dream, and how such dreams can be subverted for those already calling the country home.</P>

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Introduction: The Tough Question.
1: The Rose&#x2019;s Sharp Thorn: Texas and the Rise of Unauthorized Immigrant Education Activism.
2: &#x201C;A Subclass of Illiterates&#x201D;: The Presidential Politics of Unauthorized Immigrant Education.
3: &#x201C;Heading into Uncharted Waters&#x201D;: Congress, Employer Sanctions, and Labor Rights.
4: &#x201C;A Riverboat Gamble&#x201D;: The Passage of Employer Sanctions.
5: &#x201C;To Reward the Wrong Way Is Not the American Way&#x201D;: Welfare and the Battle Over Immigrants&#x2019; Benefits.
6: From the Border to the Heartland: Local Immigration Enforcement and Immigrants&#x2019; Rights.
Epilogue.
Acknowledgments.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
A Note on the Type.

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The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern America