Newton, Lina, <br/><br/>
Illegal, alien, or immigrant :  the politics of immigration reform / 
Lina Newton. 
 - 1 online resource (238 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814759028 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immigrants--United States.<br/>Immigrants--Government policy--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Emigration and immigration.<br/>United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV6465  / .N498 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>325.73