Risking Immeasurable Harm explains how the prospect of immigration restriction affects diplomatic relations by analyzing U.
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The lingering effects of the quota debates continued to strain diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico beyond the Great Depression.
Relevant to current debates about immigration and the role of restrictions in inter-American diplomacy, Risking Immeasurable Harm demonstrates the correlation of immigration restriction and diplomacy, the ways racism can affect diplomatic relations, and how domestic immigration policy can have international consequences..
Despite the concerns of American diplomats, in 1930 the Senate passed the Harris Bill, which singled out Mexico among all other Latin American nations for immigration restriction.
State Department\'s steady opposition to the quota scheme.
He examines congressional policy debate and the U.
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Montoya follows the quota debate from its origin in 1924, spurred by the passage of the Immigration Act, to its conclusion in 1932. relations with Mexico.
Benjamin C.
The controversial quota raised important questions about how domestic immigration policy debates had international consequences, primarily how the racist justifications for immigration restriction threatened to undermine U.
S. efforts to place a quota on immigration from Mexico during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Risking Immeasurable Harm explains how the prospect of immigration restriction affects diplomatic relations by analyzing U.
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