Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Newton, Lina
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	United States > Emigration and immigration. United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy. Immigrants > United States. Immigrants > Government policy > United States.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

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.