The Republican Party and Immigration Politics : From Proposition 187 to George W. Bush

This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-10 Learning from History....Pages 11-25 The Early Politicization of the Illegal-Immigration Issue....Pages 27-52 The Increasing Salience of Illegal Immigration and the Qualification of Proposition 187....Pages 53-70 The Campaign....Pages 71-94 The Judicial Death of Proposition 187....Pages 95-115 The Legislative Revival of Proposition 187....Pages 117-150 Immigration Politics at Century’s End....Pages 151-180 Immigration Politics in a New Century....Pages 181-217 Back Matter....Pages 219-294