Browsing Department of History by Author "Salinas, Cristina"
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El Castigo and El Perdón: TRACING MORALITY IN IMMIGRATION LAW AND HISTORY
Porras, Edith E. (2019-05-09)There is a misconception that once an undocumented immigrant marries a US citizen his or her legal status is automatic – simple and quick. The reality is different. In the current immigration system, an undocumented migrant ... -
¿MI TIERRA, TAMBIÉN? MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IN FORT WORTH, 1940-1990s
Sanchez Hill, Cecilia N; 0000-0003-0930-4695 (2016-09-15)This thesis focuses on the city of Fort Worth during the second half of the twentieth-century and provides an analysis for how the struggles of the Mexican American population were shaped by the long history of discrimination ... -
Project Jobs: Reagan, the INS, and Undocumented Workers in 1982
Scott-chaber, Meghan; 0009-0008-3508-9320 (2023-05-11)Using digitized archival material, newspaper articles, and court documents, this thesis examines a 1982 federal deportation campaign in the United States called “Project Jobs,” which resulted in the apprehension of an ...