Carolyn Wong
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804751759
- eISBN:
- 9780804767750
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804751759.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
In every decade since the passage of the Hart Cellar Act of 1965, Congress has faced conflicting pressures: to restrict legal immigration and to provide employers with unregulated access to migrant ...
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In every decade since the passage of the Hart Cellar Act of 1965, Congress has faced conflicting pressures: to restrict legal immigration and to provide employers with unregulated access to migrant labor. This book shows that in these debates, immigrant-rights groups advocated a surprisingly moderate course of action: expansionism was tempered by a politics of inclusion. Rights advocates supported generous family-unification policies, for example, but opposed proposals that would admit large numbers of guest workers without providing a clear path to citizenship. As leaders of pro-immigrant coalitions, Latino and Asian American rights advocates were highly effective in influencing immigration lawmakers even before their constituencies gained political clout in the voting booth. Success depended on casting rights demands in universalistic terms, while leveraging their standing as representatives of growing minority populations.Less
In every decade since the passage of the Hart Cellar Act of 1965, Congress has faced conflicting pressures: to restrict legal immigration and to provide employers with unregulated access to migrant labor. This book shows that in these debates, immigrant-rights groups advocated a surprisingly moderate course of action: expansionism was tempered by a politics of inclusion. Rights advocates supported generous family-unification policies, for example, but opposed proposals that would admit large numbers of guest workers without providing a clear path to citizenship. As leaders of pro-immigrant coalitions, Latino and Asian American rights advocates were highly effective in influencing immigration lawmakers even before their constituencies gained political clout in the voting booth. Success depended on casting rights demands in universalistic terms, while leveraging their standing as representatives of growing minority populations.
Patricia Zavella
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781479829200
- eISBN:
- 9781479878505
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479829200.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter reflects on how the movement for reproductive justice addresses the increased polarization of politics around immigration and reproductive rights in the wake of the election of President ...
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This chapter reflects on how the movement for reproductive justice addresses the increased polarization of politics around immigration and reproductive rights in the wake of the election of President Trump. It argues that women of color in the movement for reproductive justice have a history of crafting a politics of inclusion that aims to empower those who are marginalized by intersecting systems of power, with a radical vision of citizenship. These activists insist that poor women of color have the human right to access to health care with dignity as well as the right to healthy lives and wellness.Less
This chapter reflects on how the movement for reproductive justice addresses the increased polarization of politics around immigration and reproductive rights in the wake of the election of President Trump. It argues that women of color in the movement for reproductive justice have a history of crafting a politics of inclusion that aims to empower those who are marginalized by intersecting systems of power, with a radical vision of citizenship. These activists insist that poor women of color have the human right to access to health care with dignity as well as the right to healthy lives and wellness.
