The Walls Within: The Politics of Immigration in Modern America

by Sarah Coleman

A history of the battles over US immigrants' rights since 1965--and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and more

The 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach. But subsequent demographic shifts resulted in a backlash over the social contract and the rights of citizens versus noncitizens. In The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691180288
• ISBN13: 9780691180281
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"