Handcuffs and Chain Link

Criminalizing the Undocumented in America

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Author

Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien

Publication

2018-07-25 - University of Virginia Press

Language

English

Word Count

48,000 words, Guess

Page Count

192 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

ISBN-100813941326
ISBN-139780813941325
Library of Congress Control Number2018004850
OCLC Control Number1011613194
Better World Books9780813941325

and 1 more

Open LibraryOL27348971M

Classifications

LCCJV6483.O47 2018
LCCJV6483 .O47 2018

Description

"Handcuffs and Chain Link enters the immigration debate by addressing one of its most controversial aspects: the criminalization both of extralegal immigration to the United States and of immigrants themselves in popular and political discourse. Looking at the factors that led up to criminalization, Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien points to the alternative approach of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and how its ultimate demise served to negatively reinforce the fictitious association of extralegal immigrants with criminality"--Publisher's website