Cuban Privilege by Susan Eva Eckstein - 9781108822398

Name: Cuban Privilege by Susan Eva Eckstein - 9781108822398
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Cuban PrivilegeThe Making of Immigrant Inequality in America\nAuthor(s): Susan Eva Eckstein\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108822398, 978-1108822398\nSynopsis\nFor over half a century the US granted Cubans, one of the largest immigrant groups in the country, unique entitlements. While other unauthorized immigrants faced detention, deportation, and no legal rights, Cuban immigrants were able to enter the country without authorization, and have access to welfare benefits and citizenship status. This book is the first to reveal the full range of entitlements granted to Cubans. Initially privileged to undermine the Castro-led revolution in the throes of the Cold War, one US President after another extended new entitlements, even in the post-Cold War era. Drawing on unseen archives, interviews, and survey data, Cuban Privilege highlights how Washington, in the process of privileging Cubans, trans.