Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform / Lina Newton. [electronic resource]
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrationsISBN:- 9780814759028 (e-book)
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- JV6465 .N498 2008
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Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes 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.
Description based on print version record.
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