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Author:

Newton, Lina.

Title:

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

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

ix, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Emigration and immigration.
United States--Government policy.--Government policy.
Immigrants--United States.
Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0814758436 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814758434 (pb : alk. paper)
0814758428 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814758427 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)182528997

LCCN:

2008008059

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)