The Republican party and immigration politics : from Proposition 187 to George W. Bush / Andrew Wroe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wroe, Andrew.

Series:

Studies of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--Government policy--United States.

Noncitizens.

Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.

Illegal immigration.

Noncitizens--Government policy.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

United States.

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

Noncitizens--Government policy--California.

Illegal immigration--Government policy--California.

California.

California--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Physical Description:

294 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

This book tells the story of the Republican Party's flirtation with immigration politics over the last two decades. In the 1990s, the Party was closely associated with an anti-immigration discourse and especially Proposition 187, a high-profile California initiative to bar illegal immigrants from public services. The selection of George W. Bush as the Party's presidential nominee, however, represented a new direction as leading strategists sought to appeal to the increasingly influential Latino electorate by pushing pro-immigration policies, including the legalization of over ten million illegal immigrants. That Bush's liberal reform agenda was ultimately dashed by conservative Republican hardliners demonstrates the Party has not yet resolved the ideological and political tensions wrought by this most contentious of issues.

Contents:

Introduction

Learning from history

The early politicization of the illegal-immigration issue

The increasing salience of illegal immigration and the qualification of Proposition 187

The campaign

The judicial death of Proposition 187

The legislative revival of Proposition 187

Immigration politics at century's end

Immigration politics in a new century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ([231]-277) and index.

ISBN:

0230600530

9780230600539

OCLC:

166290669

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