Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform / Lina Newton.
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TextPublication details: New York : London: New York University Press, c2008.Description: ix, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780814758427 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0814758428 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780814758434 (pb : alk. paper)
- 0814758436 (pb : alk. paper)
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- JV6465 NEW 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) 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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