Family Reunification and the Limits of Immigration Reform: Impact and Legacy of the 1965 Immigration Act

Sociological Forum

Volumn 30, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 528-548

  Lee, Catherine ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights; Ethnicity; Family; Immigration; Policymaking; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930242058     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12176     Document Type: Article

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