Immigration reform : the corpse that will not die / Charles Kamasaki.

Simsbury, Connecticut : Mandel Vilar Press, [2019]

©2019

xv, 522 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

"This book is an insider's history and memoir of the battle for The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: its evolution, passage, impact, and its legacies for the future of immigration reform. Charles Kamasaki has spent most of his life working for UnidosUS, formerly the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. He was a direct participant in the many meetings, hearings, mark-ups, debates, and other developments that led to the passage of the last major immigration reform legislation, The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). He reveals the roles of key lawmakers and a coalition of public interest lobbyists that played a role in opposing, shaping, and then implementing IRCA. His account underscores the centrality of racial issues in the immigration reform debate and why it has become a near-perpetual topic of political debate."--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-506) and index.

KF4819 .K355 2019

English

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