FRS 001N — Sec. 001 — (1 unit) — CRN 35574 — T 9:00 – 9:50 am — 109 Wellman
History of U.S. Immigration Policy

Instructor: Bill Ong Hing, School of Law

Description: Course Content: Western European New World and the New Americans
Exclusion of Asian Immigrants
The 1917 Literacy Law
Xenophobic 1920s
The 1952 McCarran - Walter Act
From 1965-1990 Dismantling Quotas and Diversity Visas
Politicizing the Southwest Border
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Border Enforcement and Operation Gatekeeper
Deportation
Politics of Asylum
Post September 11 Policies.
Seminar Goals:
Enhance students' understanding of how immigration policies reflect value choices made by policy makers in determining who fits the image of "real" Americans.

Format: Use of texts such as Hing, Defining America Through Immigration Policy; Higham, Strangers in the Land; Johnson, The Huddled Masses Myth. Grading: One 10-page paper: 50 % of grade. One Objective Final Exam: 50% of grade.

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