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U.S. immigration policy and the undocumented : ambivalent laws, furtive lives / Helene Hayes ; foreword by Eric R. Kingson.

Title: U.S. immigration policy and the undocumented : ambivalent laws, furtive lives / Helene Hayes ; foreword by Eric R. Kingson.
Author: Hayes, Helene, 1940-
Publication: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

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Description

xxiii, 152 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Based on her research into Boston's Haitian, Irish, and Salvadoran immigrant communities, Hayes (chief administrator, Good Shepherd Sisters) details the human consequences of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. She considers the ways the law marginalizes undocumented workers, frustrates the administration of services, and diminishes the sense of possibility for whole communities. Chapters describe America's exclusionary impulse, trace the history of undocumented immigration, outline key provisions of IRCA, and gauge the impact of the law. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Closing the back door -- America's exclusionary impulse -- The history of undocumented immigration in the United States -- The legislative history of IRCA : key provisions -- The impact of IRCA on undocumented immigrants : a furtive exercise in survival -- The human toll : scars on the American conscience.

ISBN

0275954102
0275954110
9780275954109
9780275954116

LCCN

00069274

OCLC

45667661
SCSB-10329974

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library