Impossible Subjects
Subtitle: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780691074719
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Ethnic studies; Immigration & emigration; Immigration law; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; 20th century; History: American; Emigration and immigration law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Sociology; United States; USA; Illegal aliens; Constitutional; Emigration & Immigration; Government - U.S. Government; American History; History / United States / 20th Century; Law; Political Science and International Relations; United States - 20th Century; Citizenship; History
First sentence: THE JOHNSON-REED Immigration Act of 1954 marked both the end of one era, that of open immigration from Europe, and the beginning of a new one, the era of immigration restriction.