120–22, 184–85.
See also
undocumented immigrants
migration patterns: European/American domination over, 26–29, 33; of Guatemalan Mayans, 64–67; IRCA disruption of Mexican, 62–63, 123–24; from Philippines, 164–65; poverty and crossing through Mexico, 78; and railroads in Mexico, 50–53; as seasonal and circular, 11–12, 56, 60–61, 184–85; of undocumented immigrants, 20.
See also
labor recruitment and contracting
military service, 168, 174
minimum wage, 125, 132
Mitchell, Don, 120, 121–22
mobility restrictions, 24–30
Molina, Sandra, 160
Morton, John, 159, 173, 203
Motomura, Hiroshi, 33–34
Muslims in Spain, 29–30
NAACP, 13, 115–16
nannies, 144–47
national security, 95, 101–2, 158, 203
Native Americans, 27–28, 30, 31, 34, 181
Navarrette, Ruben, 207
Nebraska, 134–35
neoliberal policies, 186–87
Nevada, 131
Nevins, Joseph, 194
New Imperialism, 27
New Orleans, 132
newspaper delivery system, 146–48
Ngai, Mae, 45
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central America Relief Act (NACARA; 1997), 89
9500 Liberty
(film), 150
No More Deaths (organization), 3
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 63
Obama, Barack: on comprehensive immigration reform, 200–204; DACA program, 90, 153, 174–79; on DREAM Act, 172–74; E-Verify system expansion, 140, 202–3; removal and deportation under, 100, 107, 158–61, 177; on undocumented children, 162; on workplace raids, 117
Operation Hold the Line, 82–83
Operation Streamline, 6–8, 104–6
Operation Wetback, 58
Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese
, 189
organized crime, 80–81, 204–5
out-migration, 42
outsourcing, 13, 130, 142
Pacheco, Gaby, 170–71, 172
Palauan immigrants, 139
parental rights, 153–54, 159–62
parents.
See
families
Passel, Jeffrey, 191
passports, 40–41, 43, 44, 73, 95, 159, 165
paths to citizenship, 43, 168, 174, 177, 200–201, 205
Patrick, Deval, 98
payroll fraud, 131
Pearce, Russell, 110–11
Perez-Funes v. District Director
, 189
Perry, Rick, 167, 194–95
Philippines, 163–65
Plan Sur, 78
plea bargains, 105, 138
Plyer v. Doe
(1982), 163
political consulting firms, 198–203
politicians: attracting Latino votes, 173–74; campaign donations to, 111; as employers of undocumented workers, 144; immigration as rallying point for, 101–2, 192–93, 199–203; lobbying by prison system, 108–11
Postville (IA) raid, 69, 136–40
Praeli, Lorella, 177
Pratt, Travis, 108
Pren, Karen, 48
prices of consumer goods, 51, 101, 125
prison system, 15–18, 38, 104, 108–12, 158
probationers as agricultural labor, 127
Proposition 187 (CA), 192–93
prosecutorial discretion, 103, 159, 173, 203–4
protests for immigrant rights, 171, 196–98
Proyecto Kino, 4–5
public benefits eligibility, 91–93, 163, 167, 178–79
public defenders, 103, 105, 106, 138–39
public housing, 92
Puerto Rican birth certificates, 93–94
quota system (visas), 12, 33, 44, 46, 60, 184
race and racism: in anti-immigrant movement, 198–99, 206–7; and citizenship, 32–37; in criminalization of immigration violations, 105; employer sanctions and racial profiling, 115–16; in ideologies justifying colonialism, 26–29; and immigration laws, 2, 10, 15–18; linkage to religion, 29–32; against Mexicans, 182–83; racial profiling in workplace raids, 135–36; and welfare reform, 193
raids, 116–17, 134–40, 150
railroads and migration patterns, 50–52, 79–80
REAL ID Act (2005), 95–96
reentry after removal, 45–46, 104, 106–7, 160, 203
refugees, 136, 155–56, 189
registry for noncitizens, 43, 45
Reid, Harry, 172, 173, 176
religion, 26, 29–32
remittances, 56, 67
removal from the US: under Operation Streamline, 104–5; reentry after removal, 45–46, 104, 106–7, 160, 203; voluntary departure and removal, 99–100, 104.
See also
deportation
Republican Party, 97, 172–73, 188, 193–95, 198
Reyes, Silvestre, 83
rights: as conferred through citizenship, 32–34, 36, 115–16; of deported