Deporting Our Souls - Values, Morality, and Immigration Policy

Informationen zum Autor Bill Ong Hing is Professor of Law and Asian American Studies and the director of law clinical programs at the University of California, Davis. He has litigated before the US Supreme Court and was co-counsel in the precedent-setting case INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca (1986), which established a more generous standard for asylum seekers. He is the author of many books on immigration including Defining America through Immigration Policy and To Be an American: Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation. Klappentext Discusses the major immigration policy areas and looks at how to address policy challenges from a perspective that considers the moral consequences of our decisions. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the major immigration policy areas - undocumented workers! the immigration selection system! deportation of aggravated felons! national security and immigration policy! and the integration of new Americans - and the author suggests his own proposals on how to address the policy challenges from a perspective that encourages us to consider the moral consequences of our decisions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: hysteria and shame; 1. Illegal immigration: give them a parade; 2. Deporting our souls; 3. Promoting family values and immigration; 4. Misusing immigration policies in the name of homeland security; 5. A welcome wagon for new Americans; Epilogue: a policy of humanity.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Ong Hing, Bill Ong (University of California Hing, Hing Bill Ong
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2013
• EAN: 9781107626782
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62678-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, immigration law, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies