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Earned Citizenship (Hardcover)
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Earned Citizenship (Hardcover)
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The migration and settlement of 11 million unauthorized immigrants
is among the leading political challenges facing the United States
today. The majority of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. have
been here for more than five years, and are settling into American
communities, working, forming families, and serving in the
military, even though they may be detained and deported if they are
discovered. An open question remains as to what to do about
unauthorized immigrants who are already living in the United
States. On one hand it is important that the government sends a
message that future violations of immigration law will not be
tolerated. On the other sits a deeper ethical dilemma that is the
focus of this book: what do the state and citizens owe to
unauthorized immigrants who have served their adopted country?
Earned Citizenship argues that long-term unauthorized immigrant
residents should be able to earn legalization and a pathway to
citizenship through service in their adopted communities. Their
service would act as restitution for immigration law violations.
Military service in particular would merit naturalization in
countries with a strong citizen-soldier tradition, including the
United States. The book also considers the civic value of
caregiving as a service to citizens and the country, contending
that family immigration policies should be expanded to recognize
the importance of caregiving duties for dependents. This argument
is part of a broader project in political theory and public policy
aimed at reconciling civic republicanism with a feminist ethic of
care, and its emphasis on dependency work. As a whole, Earned
Citizenship provides a non-humanitarian justification for
legalizing unauthorized immigrants based on their contributions to
citizens and institutions in their adopted nation.
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