Lobbying for inclusion : rights politics and the making of immigration policy / Carolyn Wong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, Carolyn, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Pressure groups--United States.

Pressure groups.

Physical Description:

xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

The 1965 passage of immigration reform, which removed racial quotas, generated a mass immigration to the United States from Latin America and Asia. This wave of immigration began in the immediate aftermath of the civil rights era and it led to the formation of a new set of ethnic advocacy groups in American politics. In contrast to other studies of ethnic politics and political incorporation of immigrants in the United States, Immigration Lobbyists shows that despite their constituents' lack of political clout in the voting booth, these advocacy groups were remarkably effective in influencing the formation of federal immigration law and policy. Their success is attributable to two factors: first, despite their particularist ethnic bases, these advocates cast their appeals in terms of universal civil and human rights; second, they demonstrated great skill in forming coalitions with economic interest groups from both business and labor.

Contents:

2 Interest-Group Goals 23

3 Hart-Cellar Act 44

4 Post-Bracero Dilemmas 64

5 Legal and Illegal Immigration Reform 95

6 Revisiting Reform in a Republican Congress 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-213) and index.

ISBN:

0804751757

OCLC:

62341477

Publisher Number:

9780804751759