Is immigration policy labor policy?: Immigration enforcement, undocumented workers, and the state

Human Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 366-375

  Gomberg Munoz, Ruth ^a   Nussbaum Barberena, Laura ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

activism; immigration enforcement; neoliberalism; transmigration; undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; TRANSMIGRATION; VULNERABILITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455174395     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.70.4.n253284457h28312     Document Type: Article

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