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Newton, Lina, author.

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

Publication Info.	New York : New York University Press, [2008]
	2008

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references 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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Immigrants -- United States.
	Immigrants -- Government policy -- United States.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Newton, Lina. Illegal, alien, or immigrant : the politics of immigration reform. New York : New York University Press, [2008] ix, 227 pages ; 23 cm 9780814758427 (OCoLC)ocn182528997
ISBN	9780814758427 (cl : alk. paper)
	0814758428 (cl : alk. paper)
	9780814758434 (pb : alk. paper)
	0814758436 (pb : alk. paper)
	9780814759028 (e-book)