God and the illegal alien : United States immigration law and a theology of politics
Record details
- ISBN: 131681713X
- ISBN: 9781316817131
- ISBN: 1316821269
- ISBN: 9781316821268
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 238 pages)
remote - Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part 1. The Immigrant as Alien -- 1. How the alien emerged: allegiance, english law, and federal immigration law -- 2. Coming near to distant neighbors in God's world -- Part II. The Alien as Unlawfully Present -- 3. How aliens became illegal: sovereignty, Chinese migration, and federal immigration law -- 4. The Humble guard: governing immigration under God -- Part III. An Unlawfully Present Alien From a Neighboring Country? -- 5. How nationals of neighboring countries became illegal aliens: non-discrimination, Mexican migration, and federal immigration Law -- 6. Justice and mercy among neighbors. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |