The criminalization of immigration
Subtitle: the post 9/11 moral panic
By: Samantha Hauptman
Series: The New Americans : Recent Immigration and American Society
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Published: 2013
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781593326166
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Government policy; Immigration enforcement; Illegal aliens; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Description: "After the September 11th attacks the United States government sought a response to terrorism. The ensuing 'war on terror' brought sweeping new federal regulations and changes in immigration policy. Consequent changes in society's reaction to immigration and the degree to which immigrants have become criminalized are apparent. Hauptman reveals the effects of a moral panic toward immigration after 9/11, explaining social control initiatives like the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, as a direct result of the concern over immigrants in the United States. Hauptman concludes that the response to the attacks resulted in the criminalization of immigrants in post-September 11th society."--page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.