Exploring the conflict between immigrants' legal status and the government's push for integration, this book delves into the complexities faced by immigrants navigating societal expectations and legal frameworks. It highlights the challenges and contradictions inherent in policies that seek to unify diverse populations while simultaneously imposing restrictive legal barriers. Through insightful analysis, the author sheds light on the broader implications for social cohesion and identity within immigrant communities.
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Kitty Calavita investigates the interplay of political, ideological, and economic factors in the implementation of immigration law and the treatment of white-collar crime. Her work reveals what these dynamics tell us about power relations and state processes. She examines the everyday dilemmas of immigration inspectors and contradictory assumptions about race, class, and identity. Her research also explores the implementation of immigration policy in Italy and Spain.
Documents the internal decision-making processes of the US Immigration and Naturalisation Service - one of the federal government's most secretive agencies and one with huge discretionary powers. This work aims to analyze the links between abstract theories and real-life political institutions.