Making immigrants in modern Argentina / Julia Albarracín.

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2020]

xv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"In Making Immigrants in Modern Argentina, Julia Albarracín argues that modern Argentina's selection of immigrants lies at the intersection of state decision-making processes and a number of economic, cultural, and international factors. Immediately after independence, Argentina designed a national project for the selection of Western European immigrants in order to build an economically viable society. Paradoxically, Argentina welcomed many more local Latin Americans, as well as Jewish and Middle Eastern immigrants. Still today, Argentines are quick to blame Latin American immigrants for crime, drug violence, and increasing the number of people living in shantytowns. Albarracín discusses how the current Macri administration, possibly emulating the Trump administration's immigration policies, has rolled back some of the rights awarded to immigrants by law in 2003 through an executive order issued in 2017. Albarracín explains the roles of the executive and legislative branches in enacting these policies and determines the influence of various factors throughout this process. Additionally, Albarracín puts Argentine immigration policies into a comparative perspective and creates space for new ways to examine countries other than those of the North Atlantic world that are typically discussed"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Albarracín, Julia. Making immigrants in modern Argentina Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2020

English

November 28, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Argentina > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.