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Author Kagan, Michael, J.D., author.

Title The battle to stay in America : immigration's hidden front line / by Michael Kagan.

Publication Info. Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2020]
©2020

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 Levine Library - Circulating Collection  KF4819 .K255 2020    Available
Description x, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index.
Contents Preface: A note about word choice -- Part I: The targets. The graveyards of Nevada -- Plan B -- The cleaners -- Part II: The attack. The unaccompanied -- Two arrests -- Psychological warfare -- Part III: The defense. How to talk to your neighbors about immigration -- The strip mall resistance -- Dirty immigration lawyers -- The coming battle.
Summary "The Battle to Stay in America is the story of a community learning to defend itself from the U.S. federal government's crackdown on immigrants. Told through the eyes of a lawyer on the front line, the book offers an introduction to a broken legal system"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
Immigration enforcement -- United States.
Immigrants -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Social conditions.
Immigrants -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Anecdotes.
Immigration lawyers -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Biography.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Emigration and immigration.
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Other Form: Online version: Kagan, Michael, J.D. Battle to stay in America. Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, 2020 9781948908511 (DLC) 2020016911
ISBN 9781948908504 hardcover
1948908506 hardcover
9781948908511 electronic book
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