God and the Illegal Alien: United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics

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God and the Illegal Alien: United States Immigration Law and a Theology of Politics

By Robert W. Heimburger
Cambridge University Press December 2017

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ISBN-13
9781107176621
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
December 2017
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Today in the United States, millions of men, women, and children are considered 'illegal aliens' under federal law. While the presence of these migrants runs against the law, many arrive in response to US demand for cheap labor and stay to contribute to community life. This book asks where migrants stand within God's world and how authorities can govern immigration with Christian ethics. The author tracks the emergence of the concept of the illegal alien in federal US law while exploring Christian ways of understanding belonging, government, and relationships with neighbors. This is a thought-provoking book that provides a fresh response to the difficult issue of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I. The Immigrant as Alien:
1. How the alien emerged: allegiance, English law, and federal immigration law
2. Coming near to distant neighbors in God's world

Part II. The Alien as Unlawfully Present:
3. How aliens became illegal: sovereignty, Chinese migration, and federal immigration law
4. The humble guard: governing immigration under God

Part III. An Unlawfully Present Alien From a Neighboring Country?:
5. How nationals of neighboring countries became illegal aliens: non-discrimination, Mexican migration, and federal immigration law
6. Justice and mercy among neighbors

Conclusion.
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