Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die Kamasaki Charles
Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die Kamasaki Charles This book is an insider's history and memoir of the battle for The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: its evolution,…
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Immigration Reform: The Corpse That Will Not Die Kamasaki Charles
This book is an insider's history and memoir of the battle for The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: its evolution, passage, impact, and its legacies for the future of immigration reform. He was a direct participant in the many meetings, hearings, mark-ups, debates, and other developments that led to the passage of the last major immigration reform legislation, The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Charles Kamasaki has spent most of his life working for UnidosUS, formerly the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization.
His account underscores the centrality of racial issues in the immigration reform debate and why it has become a near-perpetual topic He reveals the roles of key lawmakers and a coalition of public interest lobbyists that played a role in opposing, shaping, and then implementing IRCA.