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Author Biddle, Wendy.

Title Immigrants' rights after 9/11 / Wendy Biddle.

Imprint New York : Chelsea House, ©2008.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  323.3291 B584I    Check Shelf
Description 110 pages : illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Series Point/counterpoint
Point-counterpoint (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Civil liberties for immigrants -- Point: immigrants' civil rights are being ignored after 9/11 -- Counterpoint: immigrants should not be afforded all protections as citizens at the expense of national security -- Point: detention of immigrants indefinitely violates the constitution -- Counterpoint: indefinite detention of immigrants does not raise a constitutional concern -- Point: a fundamental first amendment right of access to information exists in immigration proceedings in the wake of 9/11 -- Counterpoint: national security requires immigration proceedings to be closed -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Timeline -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- About the author.
Summary Discusses the topic of immigration and the rights of both legal and illegal immigrants in the United States in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, providing arguments on either side of the issue.
Subject Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00908700
Immigrants -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00967717
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Title Immigrant's rights after nine eleven
ISBN 0791086828 (hardcover)
9780791086827 (hardcover)
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