Straddling the Border: Immigration Policy and the Ins

by Lisa Magaña

Book Overview

With the dual and often conflicting responsibilities of deterring illegal immigration and providing services to legal immigrants, the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is a bureaucracy beset with contradictions. Critics fault the agency for failing to stop the entry of undocumented workers from Mexico. Agency staff complain that harsh enforcement policies discourage legal immigrants from seeking INS aid, while ever-changing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292701764
• ISBN13: 9780292701762
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.2"