Introduction. Illegal Aliens: A Problem of Law and History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents ix
3. Figures and Illustrations xi
4. Tables xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Note on Language and Terminology xix
7. Foreword to the New Paperback Edition xxi
8. Introduction. Illegal Aliens: A Problem of Law and History 1
9. PART I: THE REGIME OF QUOTAS AND PAPERS
10. One. The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and the Reconstruction of Race in Immigration Law 15
11. Two Deportation Policy and the Making and Unmaking of Illegal Aliens 56
12. PART II: MIGRANTS AT THE MARGINS OF LAW AND NATION
13. Three. From Colonial Subject to Undesirable Alien: Filipino Migration in the Invisible Empire 91
14. Four. Braceros, “Wetbacks,” and the National Boundaries of Class 127
15. PART III: WAR, NATIONALISM, AND ALIEN CITIZENSHIP
16. Five. The World War II Internment of Japanese Americans and the Citizenship Renunciation Cases 167
17. Six The Cold War Chinese Immigration Crisis and the Confession Cases 202
18. PART IV: PLURALISM AND NATIONALISM IN POST–WORLD WAR II IMMIGRATION REFORM
19. Seven. The Liberal Critique and Reform of Immigration Policy 225
20. Epilogue 265
21. Appendix 271
22. Notes 275
23. Archival and Other Primary Sources 357
24. Index 369