U.S. Immigration Policy and the Undocumented: Ambivalent Laws, Furtive Lives

by Helene Hayes

Book Overview

Hayes analyzes the situation of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and what happens to them in the aftermath of implementation of two key provisions of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) legalization and employer sanctions. Referred to by legislators as a generous and compassionate bill that would legalize much of the undocumented population in our midst, it resulted instead in placing a highly vulnerable silent subclass in deeper...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275954110
• ISBN13: 9780275954116
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"