{"product_id":"handcuffs-and-chain-link-benjamin-gonzalez-obrien-9780813941325","title":"Handcuffs and Chain Link: Criminalizing the Undocumented in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandcuffs and Chain Link\u003c\/i\u003e enters the immigration debate by addressing one of its most controversial aspects: the criminalization both of extralegal immigration to the United States and of immigrants themselves in popular and political discourse. Looking at the factors that led up to criminalization, Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien points to the alternative approach of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and how its ultimate demise served to negatively reinforce the fictitious association of extralegal immigrants with criminality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrucial to Gonzalez O'Brien's account thus is the concept of the critical policy failure--a piece of legislation that attempts a radically different approach to a major issue but has shortcomings that ultimately further entrench the approach it was designed to supplant. The IRCA was just such a piece of legislation. It highlighted the contributions of the undocumented and offered amnesty to some while attempting to stem the flow of extralegal immigration by holding employers accountable for hiring the undocumented. The failure of this effort at decriminalization prompted a return to criminalization with a vengeance, leading to the stalemate on immigration policy that persists to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813941326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813941325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019","brand":"Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926420062463,"sku":"9780813941325","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_caf8ba95-9024-4e88-9e2b-c24cae55284f.jpg?v=1681082987","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/handcuffs-and-chain-link-benjamin-gonzalez-obrien-9780813941325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}