Beschreibung:
Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes and revolutionaries. This book strings together both triumphant and painful stories of immigrants who blazed trails and broke barriers in their fight for American citizenship and fundamental human rights.
I. AcknowledgementsII. Foreword (Allegra)III. Citizenship ¿ Defining Who Belongsa. Dred Scottb. Wong Kim Arkc. Bhagat Singh ThindIV. Creating Exclusions I: ¿Give Us Your Huddled Masses¿ with Notable ExceptionsV. Deporting DissentVI. Deportation As Punishment ¿ The Marriage of Crime and ImmigrationVII. Queering Immigration: ¿We¿re Here, We¿re Queer, and We aren¿t going anywhere¿VIII. Contemporary Immigrant Rights HeroesIX. Conclusion