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100 1 _aTirman, John,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDream chasers :
_bimmigration and the American backlash /
_cJohn Tirman.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c2015.
264 4 _c2015
300 _a205 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 179-196) and index.
505 0 _aRaid: The second great migration and the culture of resistance -- Raiding the schools: The riven soul of Arizona -- The usual suspects: The raid in New Bedford -- Dreaming the dream: The next generation -- Raids gone global: Genocide in Guatemala and wars in Mexico -- The rocky road of reform -- Legality and language as cultural weapons -- Hope for the dream chasers.
520 _aIllegal immigration continues to roil American politics. The right-wing media stir up panic over 'anchor babies, ' job stealing, welfare dependence, bilingualism, al-Qaeda terrorists disguised as Latinos, even a conspiracy by Latinos to 'retake' the Southwest. State and local governments have passed more than 300 laws that attempt to restrict undocumented immigrants' access to hospitals, schools, food stamps, and driver's licenses. Federal immigration authorities stage factory raids that result in arrests, deportations, and broken families -- and leave owners scrambling to fill suddenly open jobs. The DREAM Act, which would grant permanent residency to high school graduates brought here as minors, is described as 'amnesty.' And yet polls show that a majority of Americans support some kind of path to citizenship for those here illegally. What is going on? In this book, John Tirman shows how the resistance to immigration in America is more cultural than political. Although cloaked in language about jobs and secure borders, the cultural resistance to immigration expresses a fear that immigrants are changing the dominant white, Protestant, 'real American' culture. Tirman describes the "raid mentality" of our response to immigration, which seeks violent solutions for a social phenomenon. He considers the culture clash over Chicano ethnic studies in Tucson, examines the consequences of an immigration raid in New Bedford, and explores the civil rights activism of young "Dreamers." The current "round them up, deport them, militarize the border" approach, Tirman shows, solves nothing.
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zUnited States
_xPublic opinion.
650 0 _aImmigrants
_zUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aLatin Americans
_zUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aHispanic Americans
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEmigration and immigration
_xGovernment policy.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEmigration and immigration.
651 0 _aLatin America
_xEmigration and immigration.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEmigration and immigration
_xPublic opinion.
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