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Living "illegal" : the human face of unauthorized immigration, Marie Friedmann Marquardt [and others]

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Today's polarized debates over immigration revolve around a set of one dimensional characters and unchallenged stereotypes. Yet the resulting policy prescriptions, not least of them Arizona's draconian new law SB 1070, are dangerously real and profoundly counterproductive. This book is an account of the least understood and most relevant aspects of the American immigrant experience today. Based on years of research into the lives of ordinary migrants, it offers stories of real people, working, building families, and enriching their communities even as the political climate grows more hostile. Moving far beyond stock images and conventional explanations, it challenges our assumptions about why immigrants come to the United States, where they settle, and how they have adapted to the often confusing patchwork of local immigration ordinances. This revealing narrative takes us into Southern churches (which have quietly emerged as the only organizations open to migrants), into the fields of Florida, onto the streets of major American cities during the historic immigrant rights marches of 2006, and back and forth across different national boundaries, from Brazil to Mexico and Guatemala, and inside the national movement to pass the DREAM Act in 2010
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
328 pages
Contents
  • Why migrate?: making sense of unauthorized migration
  • People in motion: life crossing and across borders
  • Living together, living apart: interethnic relations in new immigrant destinations
  • "Picking up the Cross": churches on the front lines
  • Migrants mobilize: finding a voice in local and national debates
  • Appendix: Time line of important immigration policy
Isbn
9781595586513
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Label
Living "illegal" : the human face of unauthorized immigration
Title
Living "illegal"
Title remainder
the human face of unauthorized immigration
Statement of responsibility
Marie Friedmann Marquardt [and others]
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Today's polarized debates over immigration revolve around a set of one dimensional characters and unchallenged stereotypes. Yet the resulting policy prescriptions, not least of them Arizona's draconian new law SB 1070, are dangerously real and profoundly counterproductive. This book is an account of the least understood and most relevant aspects of the American immigrant experience today. Based on years of research into the lives of ordinary migrants, it offers stories of real people, working, building families, and enriching their communities even as the political climate grows more hostile. Moving far beyond stock images and conventional explanations, it challenges our assumptions about why immigrants come to the United States, where they settle, and how they have adapted to the often confusing patchwork of local immigration ordinances. This revealing narrative takes us into Southern churches (which have quietly emerged as the only organizations open to migrants), into the fields of Florida, onto the streets of major American cities during the historic immigrant rights marches of 2006, and back and forth across different national boundaries, from Brazil to Mexico and Guatemala, and inside the national movement to pass the DREAM Act in 2010
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DLC
Dewey number
305.9/0691
Index
index present
LC call number
JV6475
LC item number
.L58 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1972-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Marquardt, Marie F.
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Illegal aliens
  • United States
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Illegal aliens
  • United States
  • Illegal aliens
  • United States
Label
Living "illegal" : the human face of unauthorized immigration, Marie Friedmann Marquardt [and others]
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Why migrate?: making sense of unauthorized migration -- People in motion: life crossing and across borders -- Living together, living apart: interethnic relations in new immigrant destinations -- "Picking up the Cross": churches on the front lines -- Migrants mobilize: finding a voice in local and national debates -- Appendix: Time line of important immigration policy
Control code
ocn656451604
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
328 pages
Isbn
9781595586513
Lccn
2011007499
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781595586513
  • (OCoLC)656451604
Label
Living "illegal" : the human face of unauthorized immigration, Marie Friedmann Marquardt [and others]
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Why migrate?: making sense of unauthorized migration -- People in motion: life crossing and across borders -- Living together, living apart: interethnic relations in new immigrant destinations -- "Picking up the Cross": churches on the front lines -- Migrants mobilize: finding a voice in local and national debates -- Appendix: Time line of important immigration policy
Control code
ocn656451604
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
328 pages
Isbn
9781595586513
Lccn
2011007499
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781595586513
  • (OCoLC)656451604

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