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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Okrent, the definitive and timely account of a forgotten dark chapter of American history. The Guarded Gate tells the story of the scientists who provided the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history and the men who turned their 'science' into politics. Brandished by the upper-class Bostonians and New Yorkers--many of them progressives--who led the anti-immigration movement,...
Publisher
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A Promise of Freedom is an inspiring short film for immigrant audiences based on the National Constitution Center's award-winning presentation Freedom Rising. This 12 minute film focuses on the history and founding of our nation and the important rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. The role of immigration in U.S. history is highlighted throughout the film. Accompanying the DVD is a discussion booklet that aims to encourage discussion...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Winner, 2020 Best Book Award, Law Category, given by the American Book Fest
Examines immigration enforcement and discretion during the first eighteen months of the Trump administration
Within days of taking office, President Donald J. Trump published or announced changes to immigration law and policy. These changes have profoundly shaken the lives and well-being of immigrants and their families, many of whom have been here for decades, and affected...
Series
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the controversies related to the children of undocumented immigrants. Addresses topics including the DREAM Act, educational opportunities and allowing in-state tuition, citizenship for these children, and issues surrounding deportation"--Publisher's web site.
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Having interviewed over one hundred deportees and their families, Caldwell traces deportation's long-term consequences--such as depression, drug use, and homelessness--on both sides of the border. Showing how U.S. deportation law systematically fails to protect the rights of immigrants and their families, Caldwell challenges traditional notions of what it means to be an American and recommends legislative and judicial reforms to mitigate the injustices...
Author
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Migrant Crossings examines the experiences and representations of Asian and Latina/o migrants trafficked in the United States into informal economies and service industries. Through sociolegal and media analysis of court records, press releases, law enforcement campaigns, film representations, theatre performances, and the law, Annie Isabel Fukushima questions how we understand victimhood, criminality, citizenship, and legality.
Fukushima examines...
72) Shahrbanoo
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Shahrbanoo: The filmmakers capture their shared encounter of an American woman with a strictly-conservative Iranian family. Wife and husband team Melissa and Hamid, after arriving at her mother-in-law's house, are befriended by Shahrbanoo, housekeeper to the filmmaker's family, and who invites Melissa to a family gathering. Living in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Tehran, Shahrbanoo (Farsi for "Matriarch") introduces Melissa to an intense cultural...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control--which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.S. West. In 1885 and 1886, white vigilantes in over 150 communities used intimidation, harassment, bombs, arson, assault, and murder to drive out their Chinese neighbors. This...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Español
Description
Describes the United States as a country divided between citizens or legal residents and undocumented immigrants; discusses the growing Hispanic population and its increasing role in government; and argues for immigration reform.
75) Saint Judy
Publisher
Blue Fox Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood as she represents and fights for Asefa Ashwari, an Afghan woman who was forced to flee her home country after being persecuted by the Taliban for opening a school for girls. Despite setbacks and losses, their efforts culminate in arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as they seek to save not only Asefa's life, but countless others across the world." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout US history, many immigrant groups have faced discrimination. This has sometimes led to laws that restrict immigration. The 1924 Immigration Act limited immigration from eastern and southern Europe. The 1924 Immigration Act and Its Relevance Today explores this act and how it has shaped modern immigration laws. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of...
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For author Mulligan Sepúlveda, the son and husband of Spanish-speaking immigrants, the battle for immigration reform is personal. Mulligan Sepúlveda writes of visiting border detention centers, defending undocumented immigrants in court, and taking his services to JFK to represent people being turned away at the gates during Trump's infamous travel ban"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This memoir from the global gay rights and immigration activist recounts his being forced to flee from a violent mob in his native Nigeria and his experiences navigating the confusing U.S. immigration system as a refugee."--
80) Federal immigration law enforcement in the Southwest: civil rights impacts on border communities
Author
Publisher
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Western Regional Office
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
