"but they claimed to be police, notla migra": The interaction of residency status, class, and ethnicity in a (post-PATRIOT act) New Jersey neighborhood

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-69

  Adler, Rachel H ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Italian immigration; Latino immigration; Trenton, New Jersey; U.S. immigration enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747749124     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764206289654     Document Type: Article

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