National Insecurities

by Moloney, Deirdre M.

• ISBN13: 9780807835487
• ISBN10: 080783548X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-07
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

For over a century, deportation and exclusion have defined eligibility for citizenship in the United States and, in turn, have shaped what it means to be American. In this broad analysis of policy from 1882 to present, Dierdre Moloney places current debates about immigration issues in historical context. Focusing on several ethnic groups, Moloney closely examines how gender and race led to differences in the implementation of U.S. immigration policy as well as how poverty, sexuality, health, and ideologies were regulated at the borders. Emphasizing the perspectives of immigrants and their advocates, Moloney weaves in details from case files that illustrate the impact policy decisions had on individual lives. She explores the role of immigration policy in diplomatic relations between the U.S. and other nations, and shows how federal, state, and local agencies had often conflicting priorities and approaches to immigration control. Throughout, Moloney traces the ways that these policy debates contributed to a modern understanding of citizenship and human rights in the twentieth century and even today.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Women, Sexuality, and Economic Dependency in Early U.S. Deportation Policy	p. 28
Differential Regulation: Interrogating Sexuality in Europe, in Urban America, and along the Mexican Border	p. 51
Gender, Dependency, and the Likely to Become a Public Charge Provision	p. 79
Loathsome or Contagious: Immigrant Bodies, Disease, and Eugenics and the Borders	p. 105
Clash of Civilizations: Whiteness, Orientalism, and the Limits of Religious Tolerance at the Borders	p. 134
Deportation Based on Politics, Labor, and Ideology	p. 163
Immigrants' Rights as Human Rights	p. 198
Conclusion	p. 231
Excerpts of Major U.S. Legislation Pertaining to Immigration Deportation Policy	p. 239
Aliens Removed or Returned, Fiscal Years 1892 to 2008	p. 264
Notes	p. 267
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 311
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