| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| A Note on Terminology | ix | |
| Introduction: The Power of a Good Story | 1 | |
| 1 | Considering Unlikely Outcomes: The Peculiar Politics of Immigration | 5 |
| 2 | Cases, Contexts, and the Puzzle of Policy Change | 42 |
| 3 | Contesting Illegalities: The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act | 67 |
| 4 | Immigrants versus Taxpayers: The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act | 104 |
| 5 | Problem Mexicans: Race, Nationalism, and Their Limits in Contemporary Immigration Policy | 137 |
| Conclusion: Power and Image in Immigration Policymaking | 163 | |
| Epilogue | 171 | |
| Notes | 183 | |
| References | 209 | |
| Index | 221 | |
| About the Author | 227 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Illegal, Alien, or Immigrant: The Politics of Immigration Reform.
Contributors: Lina Newton - Author.
Publisher: New York University Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 2008.
Page number: v.
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