All-American Nativism - How to End the Bipartisan War Against Immigrants Denvir Daniel Paperback
All-American Nativism - How to End the Bipartisan War Against Immigrants Denvir Daniel Paperback American history told from the vantage of immigration politicsIt is often said that with the election…
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All-American Nativism - How to End the Bipartisan War Against Immigrants Denvir Daniel Paperback
American history told from the vantage of immigration politicsIt is often said that with the election of Donald Trump nativism was raised from the dead. Among his first acts on taking office was to block foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. After all, here was a president who organized his campaign around a rhetoric of unvarnished racism and xenophobia.
This story doesn't begin with Trump. But although his actions may often seem unprecedented, they are not as unusual as many people believe. For decades, Republicans and Democrats alike have employed xenophobic ideas and policies, declaring time and again that "illegal immigration" is a threat to the nation's security, wellbeing, and future.The profound forces of all-American nativism have, in fact, been pushing politics so far to the right over the last forty