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National (In)security and the Immigration Act of 1996

Part of: Forum: Fear and Loathing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2018

María Cristina García
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Migration, Emigration, and ImmigrationTerrorism and ViolencePolicymakingPolitics and GovernmentPolitical Culture
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Forum: Fear and Loathing
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Modern American History , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 2018 , pp. 233 - 236
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Cambridge University Press 

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1 A more detailed discussion of the 1993 WTC bombing and its consequences can be found in chapter 3 of my book, The Refugee Challenge in Post-Cold War America (New York, 2017)Google Scholar.

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5 Cited in John L. Martin, “Immigration Reform Gains Momentum,” Center for Immigration Studies, Aug. 1, 1993, http://www.cis.org/articles/1993/back593.html (accessed Oct. 24, 2017).

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8 Susan Hegger, “Many in US Concerned over Immigration,” St. Louis Dispatch, Sept. 3, 1993, 4B.

9 “HR 3610--104th Congress: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997,” https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/hr3610 (accessed Jan. 10, 2018).

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