September 11th and the war on terror -- Setting the stage : ideal conditions for panic -- Media portrayals and criminal associations -- Increasing anxiety -- The labeling of a folk devil -- Heightened concern and impetuous threats -- Immigration anxiety : the federal response -- Terror of immigration and war on immigrants -- The immigration impasse
Summary
After the September 11th attacks the United States government sought a response to terrorism. The ensuing ""war on terror"" brought sweeping new federal regulations and changes in immigration policy. Consequent changes in society's reaction to immigration and the degree to which immigrants have become criminalized are apparent. Hauptman reveals the effects of a moral panic toward immigration after 9/11, explaining social control initiatives like the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, as a direct result of the concern over immigrants in the United States. Hauptman concludes that the response to the attac
