Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform / Lina Newton.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2008]Copyright date: 2008Description: 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814759028 (e-book)Subject(s): Immigrants -- United States | Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States | United States -- Emigration and immigration | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform.DDC classification: 325.73 LOC classification: JV6465 | .N498 2008Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the power of a good story -- Considering unlikely outcomes : the peculiar politics of immigration -- Cases, contexts, and the puzzle of policy change -- Contesting illegalities : the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act -- Immigrants versus taxpayers : the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act -- Problem Mexicans : race, nationalism, and their limits in contemporary immigration policy -- Conclusion : power and image in immigration policymaking.
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