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Garland, Libby,

After they closed the gates : Jewish illegal immigration to the United States, 1921-1965 / Jewish illegal immigration to the United States, 1921-1965 Libby Garland. - x, 288 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Building the apparatus of immigration control -- American law, Jewish solidarity -- Smuggling in Jews -- Illicit journeys -- Battling alien registration -- Abolishing the quotas.

In this book the author tells the untold stories of the Jewish immigrants and smugglers involved in the underworld of illegal immigration, showing how such stories contributed to growing national anxieties about illegal immigration.

ISBN: 9780226122458 022612245X

Standard No.: 40023449178 40023439866

LCCN: 2013029157

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB428092 bnb

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Jews, European--History--United States--20th century.
Immigrants--History--United States--20th century.
Illegal aliens--History--United States--20th century.
Emigration and immigration law--History--United States--20th century.
Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration law.
Illegal aliens.
Immigrants.
Jews, European.
Juden
Einwanderung

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
United States.
USA

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: E184.354 / .G37 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 304.80973 304.808924