Illegal, alien, or immigrant
Subtitle: the politics of immigration reform
By: Lina Newton.
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780814758427; 9780814758434
Subjects: Immigrants -- United States; Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the power of a good story; title: Considering unlikely outcomes : the peculiar politics of immigration; title: Cases, context and the puzzle of policy change; title: Contesting illegalities : the 1986 immigration reform and control act; title: Immigrants vs. taxpayers : the 1996 illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act; title: Problem Mexicans : race, nationalism, and their limits in contemporary immigration; title: Conclusion : power and image in immigration policymaking.