Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century

Contents

C o n t e n t s Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Gilberto Cárdenas, David L. Leal, and Jill Strube Part I. Setting the Stage—Binational Lives Chapter 1 Formal and Informal Institutions in the Construction 45 of Transnational Lives: A Study of Mexican and Mexican American Experiences in San Antonio, Texas— A Mexican-Majority U.S. City Harriett D. Romo Chapter 2 Looking North and the Immigrant’s Social Imaginary 86 Ricardo Ainslie and Daphny Dominguez Ainslie vi ■ Contents Part II. Immigrants and Civic Life Chapter 3 Latino Immigrants: Transnationalism, Patterns of 107 Multiple Citizenships, and Social Capital John A. Garcia Chapter 4 The Political Consequences of Latino Immigrant 130 Transnational Ties Adrian D. Pantoja, Rafael A. Jimeno, and Javier M. Rodriguez Chapter 5 From Naturalized Citizen to Voter: The Context of 149 Naturalization and Electoral Participation in Latino Communities Louis DeSipio Chapter 6 At Home Abroad? The Dominican Diaspora in 182 New York City as a Transnational Political Actor Adrian D. Pantoja Part III. Immigration and Public Policy Chapter 7 U.S. and Mexican Schools as Regulators of Dropout Rates 209 for Chicano Students Raymond V. Padilla Contents ■ vii Chapter 8 Eligibility, Enrollment, Utilization: Barriers to Public 236 Insurance Access among Latino Families in the Age of Welfare and Health Care Reform Adela de la Torre, Jessica Nuñez de Ybarra, Marisol Cortez, and Emily Prieto Chapter 9 Cultural Sensitivity or Cultural Innovation? A Review of 268 Interventions to Improve Enrollment of Latino Immigrant Children in Public Insurance Programs Adela de la Torre, Jessica Nuñez de Ybarra, Marisol Cortez, and Emily Prieto Chapter 10 Policy Actors and the Immigration Policy Process 285 Lisa Magaña Part IV. Political Reactions to Immigration Chapter 11 Rhetoric and Realities: American Immigration Policy 301 after September 11, 2001 Rodolfo Espino and Rafael A. Jimeno Chapter 12 Indecent Proposal? The Rise and Success of Arizona 321 Proposition 200 Sylvia Manzano Chapter 13 Proposition 200 in Arizona: Déjà vu All Over Again 347 Manuel Avalos and Lisa Magaña viii ■ Contents Chapter 14 Are Anti-Immigrant Statements Racist or Nativist? 363 What Difference Does It Make? René Galindo and Jami Vigil Part V. Immigrants and Leadership Chapter 15 Latino Youth Activists in the Age of Globalization 403 Maria de los Angeles Torres Chapter 16 The Emerging Community Leadership and Transnational 434 Politics of Mexican National Immigrants in New England Martha Montero-Sieburth List of Contributors 469 Index 481 ...