Huddled masses, muddled laws : why contemporary immigration policy fails to reflect public opinion /...
Huddled masses, muddled laws : why contemporary immigration policy fails to reflect public opinion /...
Huddled masses, muddled laws : why contemporary immigration policy fails to reflect public opinion / Kenneth K. Lee.
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N325.73/25
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English
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xii, 168 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction: The Immigration Puzzle -- Ch. 2. Public Opinion: What Americans Think about Immigration -- Ch. 3. A History of Ambivalence -- Ch. 4. How Illegal Immigration Dwarfed Legal Immigration -- Ch. 5. The Elite and the State: Common Explanations for the Immigration Puzzle -- Ch. 6. The...
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.
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Connecticut
Date Published
1998.
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In 1997 the United States accepted more legal immigrants than all other countries combined. This large influx of newcomers, however, has alarmed many Americans. Immigration is a controversial issue because it intersects with the most contentious issues of our time: multiculturalism, bilingualism, unemployment, crime, etc. Opinion polls since 1965 s...
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Huddled masses, muddled laws : why contemporary immigration policy fails to reflect public opinion / Kenneth K. Lee.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-164) and index.
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N325.73/25
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0275962725 (alk. paper)
9780275962722 (alk. paper)
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325.73
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991011993189702626
