U.s. Immigration Reform and Its Global Impact - Lessons From the Postville Raid

Informationen zum Autor Erik Camayd-Freixas is Professor of Hispanic Studies at Florida International University. He has testified before Congress, contributed as amicus curiae to the U.S. Supreme Court, and received numerous human rights awards. He has lectured internationally on cultural studies, immigration, labor, ethics, and human rights. His most recent books include Etnografía imaginaria: Historia y parodia en la literatura hispanoamericana and Orientalism and Identity in Latin America. Klappentext An insider's account of the Postville case, this book gauges the raid's human, social, and economic impact, based on interaction with the main participants and interviews with local citizens and arrestees in the US and Guatemala. Zusammenfassung An insider's account of the Postville case, this book gauges the raid's human, social, and economic impact, based on interaction with the main participants and interviews with local citizens and arrestees in the US and Guatemala.   Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Think Globally, Act Locally 1. Hometown to the World 2. ICE over the Heartland 3. Theatrum Juridicum 4. The Script and the Scandal 5. The Orphans of Globalization 6. The Kosher Jungle 7. Endgame: The Prelude and the Aftermath 8. The Day Democracy Died Conclusion: Enlightened Immigration Reform

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Introduction: Think Globally, Act Locally 1. Hometown to the World 2. ICE over the Heartland 3. Theatrum Juridicum 4. The Script and the Scandal 5. The Orphans of Globalization 6. The Kosher Jungle 7. Endgame: The Prelude and the Aftermath 8. The Day Democracy Died Conclusion: Enlightened Immigration Reform

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• Authors: CAMAYD FREIXAS ERIK, Camayd-Freixas, E Camayd-Freixas, E. Camayd-Freixas, Erik Camayd-Freixas
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2013
• EAN: 9780230105850
• ISBN: 978-0-230-10585-0
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Migration, B, Europe, European Politics, Human Rights, Political Science, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Migration, immigration & emigration, Social Justice, Migration, immigration and emigration, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Europe—Politics and government, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Human Migration, democracy;globalization;immigration;migration, Population and migration geography