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- Title
The Case for Amnesty: Historically, America both legalized and deported migrants—since 1996, it only deports.
- Authors
Ngai, Mae M.
- Abstract
The author traces the history of immigration laws, which were begun in the 1800s. She states that U.S. immigration law has always had provisions for both legalization and deportation, and that there is a history of applying the policy unevenly in terms of race. Legalization was based on imposition of hardship. The first numerical restrictions on European immigration were placed in the 1920s. In the 1930s there was public protest against deportations, and legislation suspending it was passed in the 1940s and 1950s. Limits on immigration placed in 1965 resulted in an upsurge of illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America. In the the law required deportation and eliminated legalization.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HISTORY of immigration law; LEGALIZATION; HISTORY of deportation; LEGAL status of undocumented immigrants; RACE discrimination; HISTORY of American law; CARENS, Joseph
- Publication
Boston Review, 2009, Vol 34, Issue 3, p12
- ISSN
0734-2306
- Publication type
Article