The Immigration Crisis Nativism, Armed Vigilantism, and the Rise of a Countervailing Movement

by Navarro, Armando

• ISBN13: 9780759112094
• ISBN10: 0759112096
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-16
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Immigration remains one of the most pressing and polarizing issues in the United States. In The Immigration Crisis, political scientist and social activist Armando Navarro takes a hard look at 400 years of immigration into the territories that now form the United States, paying particular attention to the ways in which immigrants have been received. The book provides a political, historical, and theoretical examination of the laws, personalities, organizations, events, and demographics that have shaped four centuries of immigration and led to the widespread social crisis that today divides citizens, noncitizens, regions, and political parties. As a prominent activist, Navarro has participated broadly in the Mexican-American community's responses to the problems of immigration and integration, and his book also provides a powerful glimpse into the actual working of Hispanic social movements. In a sobering conclusion, Navarro argues that the immigration crisis is inextricably linked to the globalization of capital and the American economy's dependence on cheap labor. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Armando Navarro is a political scientist and professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction: The Immigration Crisis	p. xxi
Exodus to the New World and U. S. Immigration Experience (30, 000BC-1930's)	p. 1
U.S. Occupation of Aztlan and Rise of Mexico's Migrant Exodus (1848-1940)	p. 37
Era of the Bracero Program and Resurgent Nativism (1942-1964)	p. 67
Re-Mexicanization of Aztlan and Immigration Reforms Intensify (1965-1989)	p. 89
Decade of Growing Nativism, Xenophobia, and Militarization of the Cactus Curtain (1990-1999)	p. 115
Arizona's Nativist Armed Rancher Vigilantes and Militia Crisis (1999-2004)	p. 145
Minuteman Project and the Nativist Anti-Migrant Movement (2005-2007)	p. 177
Militias, Anti-Immigrant Hate Groups and Nativism on the Rise (2005-2007)	p. 209
Mexicano's Reponse to the Rancher Vigilante and Rancher Crisis (2000-2005)	p. 231
NAHR's Struggle Against Raids and Minutemen Project (2004-2005)	p. 259
The Restrictionist Nativist Legislative Surge (2004-2007)	p. 279
Rise of the Countervailing Movimento Pro-Migrante (2006)	p. 313
Decline of the Movimiento Pro-Migrante and its Mobilizations (2006-2007)	p. 343
Epilogue: The Immigration Crisis: What Now?	p. 365
Notes	p. 389
Index	p. 461
About the Author	p. 487
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.