After they closed the gates : Jewish illegal immigration to the United States, 1921-1965 / Libby Garland.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2014Copyright date: Description: x, 288 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226122458
  • 022612245X
Other title:
  • Jewish illegal immigration to the United States, 1921-1965
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.80973 23
  • 304.808924 23
LOC classification:
  • E184.354 .G37 2014
Contents:
Building the apparatus of immigration control -- American law, Jewish solidarity -- Smuggling in Jews -- Illicit journeys -- Battling alien registration -- Abolishing the quotas.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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