By The People: Debating American Government (Brief Third Edition)
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- Synopsis
- Then a surge: In the spring and summer of 2014, tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossed the Mexican border into the United States. The exhausted children—mostly from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador—faced poverty and violence at home. Together, this was a humanitarian tragedy. But it was also a political problem. Conservative critics of the Barack Obama administration slammed the White House for not acting sooner to stem the tide and for being "soft on immigration." Donald Trump launched his long-shot presidential bid, a year later, with a tough attack on undocumented migrants. From the left, another set of voices condemned the president for not providing services to children whose families were so desperate they would send them alone across dangerous ground to an uncertain destiny. Whatever course the administration took, it faced angry rebukes.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780190298890
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/25/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Oxford University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.