03101nam a22003257a 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087020001900102020001500121040001300136041000800149050002400157100003100181245007500212260005400287300002400341504005100365505035400416520160600770650005502376650005702431650006302488650004602551651007602597651004902673651005302722BJBSDDR20251009161255.0ta250804s2015    mau||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780262529990  a0262529998  a9780262028929   a0262028921  bengcDLC  aeng14aJV 6483bT597d 20151 aTirman, John, d1949-2022 10aDream chasers : bimmigration and the American backlash /cJohn Tirman  aCambridge, Massachusetts :bThe MIT Press, c2015  a205 pages ; b24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aRaid: The second great migration and the culture of resistance
Raiding the schools: The riven soul of Arizona
The usual suspects: The raid in New Bedford
Dreaming the dream: The next generation
Raids gone global: Genocide in Guatemala and wars in Mexico
The rocky road of reform
Legality and language as cultural weapons
Hope for the dream chasers.
  aIllegal immigration continues to roil American politics. The right-wing media stir up panic over 'anchor babies, ' job stealing, welfare dependence, bilingualism, al-Qaeda terrorists disguised as Latinos, even a conspiracy by Latinos to 'retake' the Southwest. State and local governments have passed more than 300 laws that attempt to restrict undocumented immigrants' access to hospitals, schools, food stamps, and driver's licenses. Federal immigration authorities stage factory raids that result in arrests, deportations, and broken families -- and leave owners scrambling to fill suddenly open jobs. The DREAM Act, which would grant permanent residency to high school graduates brought here as minors, is described as 'amnesty.' And yet polls show that a majority of Americans support some kind of path to citizenship for those here illegally. What is going on? In this book, John Tirman shows how the resistance to immigration in America is more cultural than political. Although cloaked in language about jobs and secure borders, the cultural resistance to immigration expresses a fear that immigrants are changing the dominant white, Protestant, 'real American' culture. Tirman describes the "raid mentality" of our response to immigration, which seeks violent solutions for a social phenomenon. He considers the culture clash over Chicano ethnic studies in Tucson, examines the consequences of an immigration raid in New Bedford, and explores the civil rights activism of young "Dreamers." The current "round them up, deport them, militarize the border" approach, Tirman shows, solves nothing 4aInmigranteszEstados Unidos xOpinión pública  4aInmigrantes zEstados Unidos xCondiciones sociales  4aLatinoamericanos en Estados Unidos xCondiciones sociales  4aHispanoamericanos xCondiciones sociales  4aEstados UnidosxEmigración e inmigraciónxPolítica gubernamental  4aEstados UnidosxEmigración e inmigración 4aAmérica Latina xEmigración e inmigración