Those Damned Immigrants
America’s Hysteria over Undocumented Immigration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19988845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ediberto Román (0000-0002-8582-3158), Ediberto Roma, Michael A Olivas |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Those Damned Immigrants Americas Hysteria Over Undocumented Immigration (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | New York University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18574/nyu/9780814776575.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2251081877 |
| ISBN | 9780814776575 |
| Open Library | OL26181023M |
| Google Books | oeEoAAAAQBAJ |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
"The election of Barack Obama prompted people around the world to herald the dawning of a new, postracial era in America. Yet a scant one month after Obama's election, Jose Oswaldo Sucuzhanay, a 31-year old Ecuadorian immigrant, was ambushed by a group of white men as he walked arm and arm with his brother. Yelling anti-Latino slurs, the men beat Sucuzhanay into a coma. He died 5 days later. The incident is one of countless attacks--ranging from physical violence to raids on homes and workplaces to verbal abuse--that Latino/a immigrants have confronted for generations in America. And these attacks--physical and otherwise--are accepted by a substantial number of American citizens and elected officials, who are virulently opposed to immigrant groups crossing the Mexican border. Quick to cast all Latino/a immigrants as illegal, opponents have placed undocumented workers at the center of their anti-immigrant movement, and as such, many different types of native Spanish-speakers in this country (legal, illegal, citizen, guest), have been targeted as being responsible for increasing crime rates, a plummeting economy, and an erosion of traditional American values and culture. In Those Damned Immigrants, Ediberto Román takes on critics of Latina/o immigration, drawing on empirical evidence to refute charges of links between immigration and crime, economic downfall, and a weakening of Anglo culture. Román utilizes government statistics, economic data, historical records, and social science research to provide a counter-narrative to what he argues is a largely one-sided public discourse on Latino/a immigration."--Publisher's website
Archaeology · Geography · Immigration · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Race, History, and American Society · Citizenship · Emigration & Immigration · emigration and immigration · General · Government policy · Hispanic americans · Immigrants · Law · LAW · united states
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |