Cuban Privilege (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108830614)

For over half a century the US granted Cubans, one of the largest immigrant groups in the country, unique entitlements. While other unauthorized immigrants faced detention, deportation, and no legal rights, Cuban immigrants were able to enter the country without authorization, and have access to welfare benefits and citizenship status. This book is the first to reveal the full range of entitlements granted to Cubans. Initially privileged to undermine the Castro-led revolution in the throes of the Cold War, one US President after another extended new entitlements, even in the post-Cold War era. Drawing on unseen archives, interviews, and survey data, Cuban Privilege highlights how Washington, in the process of privileging Cubans, transformed them from agents of US Cold War foreign policy into a politically powerful force influencing national policy. Comparing the exclusionary treatment of neighboring Haitians, the book discloses the racial and political biases embedded within US immigration policy.

Author: Susan Eva Eckstein
ISBN-10: 1108830617
ISBN-13: 9781108830614
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2022
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2022