Citizenship reimagined : a new framework for state rights in the United States / Allan Colbern, Arizona State University, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

xvii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"October 5, 2013 was a big day for immigration and citizenship in the United States. Tens of thousands of protesters - undocumented immigrants, naturalized citizens, and native-born alike - rallied across more than 40 states around the country, from large cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Boston, to smaller places like Reading, Pennsylvania, Hobbs, New Mexico, and Yakima, Washington.1 In Minneapolis, nearly 2,000 demonstrators "marched from the Basilica of St. Mary, after an interfaith prayer service, to the plaza, hoisting flags and placards and chanting empowerment cries, including 'Si se puede!'"2 In Birmingham, Alabama, hundreds of rally participants listened to "the president of the N.A.A.C.P. in Alabama, [who] portrayed the immigration effort as part of broader civil rights activism in the state,"3 while in Reading, Pennsylvania, "demonstrators demanded that the congressmen sign onto or co-sponsor bipartisan immigration reform, speak on the House floor about the urgency of reform and oppose laws that promote racial profiling."4 These protests were all part of the National Day of Immigrant Dignity and Respect, as thousands of Americans joined President Barack Obama's call for Congress to pass immigrant legalization as part of a comprehensive reform package"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Colbern, Allan, 1983- Citizenship reimagined 1. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

English

January 12, 2021

Includes bibliographical references and index.