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Gendered Policies and Practices of Immigration: A U.S. Example
| Though immigration policies do not often designate that they target men or women (though they have in the past), they often do make gendered distinctions. Scholars have been aware of this in recent times, but if not in written terms then in implementation policies have often made major differences between men and women, the married and unmarried. This paper explores that history for the United States, using some basic background from the nineteenth century, and moving into the post-World War II era to explore how the policies continued to affect men and women differently. By examining both the laws and looking at examples of implementation, the paper argues that gender has been a crucial marker in U.S. immigration policy.
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