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The first book to document the full range of entitlements granted to Cubans over other immigrants for more than half a century, highlighting the racial and political biases embedded within US immigration policy. A fascinating, topical account of interest to policy makers and scholars of Latin America.
List of contents
List of figures; Preface: Privileged Cubans; List of acronyms; 1. The making of Cuban immigration exceptionalism, 1959-1979; 2. The privileging of Cuban immigrants in the United States, 1959-1979; 3. The immigration crisis of 1980: Carter Administration privileging of Cubans anew, spillover benefits for Haitians; 4. Delinking Cubans from Haitians: The deepening of Cuban privileging and the turn against Haitians under the Reagan and Bush I administrations; 5. Taking with one hand, giving with the other: Clinton administration retraction and expansion of Cuban immigrant entitlements; 6. From extension to retraction of Cuban immigrant entitlements amidst mainly exclusion of Haitians: The George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations; 7. From heaven to hell under the Trump administration: Walls for Cubans after all; 8. Exceptionalism in practice? Actual immigration, lessons learned.
About the author
Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies and the Sociology Department at Boston University. Specializing in social movements, rights and justice in, and immigration from, Latin America, she has single-authored, edited and co-edited nine books. She is the recipient of many fellowships, including from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute.
Summary
The first book to document the full range of entitlements granted to Cubans over other immigrants for more than half a century, highlighting the racial and political biases embedded within US immigration policy. A fascinating, topical account of interest to policy makers and scholars of Latin America.
