United States as a Country of Mass First Asylum

United States as a Country of Mass First Asylum
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1982
Genre: Cubans
ISBN:

Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982: Department of Commerce

Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982: Department of Commerce
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1200
Release: 1981
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm
Author: Anastasia C. Curwood
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2022-12-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an "unbought and unbossed" firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Chisholm spent her formative years moving between Barbados and Brooklyn, and the development of her political orientation did not follow the standard narratives of the civil rights or feminist establishments. Rather, Chisholm arrived at her Black feminism on her own path, making signature contributions to U.S. politics as an inventor and practitioner of Black feminist power—the vantage point centering Black girls and women in the movement that sought to transform political power into a broadly democratic force. Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life. In so doing, Curwood suggests new truths for understanding the social movements of Chisholm's time and the opportunities she forged for herself through multicultural, multigenerational, and cross-gender coalition building.

Boats, Borders, and Bases

Boats, Borders, and Bases
Author: Jenna M. Loyd
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2018-03-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520962966

Discussions about U.S. migration policing have traditionally focused on enforcement along the highly charged U.S.-Mexico boundary. Enforcement practices such as detention policies designed to restrict access to asylum also transpire in the Caribbean. Boats, Borders, and Bases tells a missing, racialized history of the U.S. migration detention system that was developed and expanded to deter Haitian and Cuban migrants. Jenna M. Loyd and Alison Mountz argue that the U.S. response to Cold War Caribbean migrations established the legal and institutional basis for contemporary migration detention and border-deterrent practices in the United States. This book will make a significant contribution to a fuller understanding of the history and geography of the United States’s migration detention system.

U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest

U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest
Author: United States. Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 990
Release: 1981
Genre: Emigration and immigration law
ISBN:

Immigration and Asylum [3 volumes]

Immigration and Asylum [3 volumes]
Author: Matthew J. Gibney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 1124
Release: 2005-06-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1576077977

A comprehensive and timely examination of the history and current status of immigrants and refugees—their stories, the events that led to their movement, and the place of these movements in contemporary history and politics. Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present is an accessible and up-to-date introduction to the key concepts, terms, personalities, and real-world issues associated with the surge of immigration from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. It focuses on the United States, but is also the first encyclopedic work on the subject that reflects a truly global perspective. With contributions from the world's foremost authorities on the subject, Immigration and Asylum offers nearly 200 entries organized around four themes: immigration and asylum; the major migrating groups around the world; expulsions and other forced population movements; and the politics of migration. In addition to basic entries, the work includes in-depth essays on important trends, events, and current conditions. There is no better resource for exploring just how profoundly the voluntary and forced movement of asylum seekers and refugees has transformed the world—and what that transformation means to us today.