Strange Neighbors : The Role of States in Immigration Policy / Carissa Byrne Hessick, Gabriel J. Chin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chin, Gabriel J., Editor.

Hessick, Carissa Byrne, Editor.

Series:

Citizenship and Migration in the Americas

Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

States' rights (American politics).

Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers--United States.

Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers.

Emigration and immigration law--United States--States.

Emigration and immigration law.

Emigration and immigration law--United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its founding, the U.S. has struggled withissues of federalism and states’ rights. In almost every area of law, fromabortion to zoning, conflicts arise between the states and the federalgovernment over which entity is best suited to create and enforce laws. In thelast decade, immigration has been on the front lines of this debate, withstates such as Arizona taking an extremely assertive role in policingimmigrants within their borders. While Arizona and its notorious SB 1070 is themost visible example of states claiming expanded responsibility to make andenforce immigration law, it is far from alone. An ordinance inHazelton, Pennsylvania prohibited landlords from renting to the undocumented. Severalstates have introduced legislation to deny citizenship to babies who are bornto parents who are in the United States without authorization. Other stateshave also enacted legislation aimed at driving out unauthorized migrants.Strange Neighbors explores the complicated and complicating roleof the states in immigration policy and enforcement, including voices from bothsides of the debate. While many contributors point to the dangers inherent instate regulation of immigration policy, at least two support it, while othersoffer empirically-based examinations of state efforts to regulate immigrationwithin their borders, pointing to wide, state-by-state disparities inlocally-administered immigration policies and laws. Ultimately, the book offersan extremely timely, thorough, and spirited discussion on an issue that willcontinue to dominate state and federal legislatures for years to come.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Measuring the climate for immigrants: a state-by-state analysis

2. How Arizona became ground zero in the war on immigrants

3. “A war to keep alien labor out of Colorado”: the “Mexican menace” and the historical origins of local and state anti-immigration initiatives

4. Reinforcing the rule of law: what states can and should do to reduce illegal immigration

5. The states enter the illegal immigration fray

6. Broken mirror: the unconstitutional foundations of new state immigration enforcement

7. The role of states in the national conversation on immigration

8. Post-racial proxy battles over immigration

About the contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-6486-X

OCLC:

876834358