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This Book Traces The Origins Of The Illegal Alien In American Law And Society, Explaining Why And How Illegal Migration Became The Central Problem In U.s. Immigration Policy - A Process That Profoundly Shaped Ideas And Practices About Citizenship, Race, And State Authority In The Twentieth Century.--jacket List Of Figures And Illustrations -- List Of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Note On Language And Terminology -- Introduction: Illegal Aliens: A Problem Of Law And History -- Pt. 1. The Regime Of Quotas And Papers -- 1. The Johnson-reed Act Of 1924 And The Reconstruction Of Race In Immigration Law -- 2. Deportation Policy And The Making And Unmaking Of Illegal Aliens -- Pt. 2. Migrants At The Margins Of Law And Nation -- 3. From Colonial Subject To Undesirable Alien: Filipino Migration In The Invisible Empire -- 4. Braceros, Wetbacks, And The National Boundaries Of Class -- Pt. 3. War, Nationalism, And Alien Citizenship -- 5. The World War Ii Internment Of Japanese Americans And The Citizenship Renunciation Cases -- 6. The Cold War Chinese Immigration Crisis And The Confession Cases -- Pt. 4. Pluralism And Nationalism In Post-world War Ii Immigration Reform -- 7. The Liberal Critique And Reform Of Immigration Policy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Archival And Other Primary Sources -- Index. Mae M. Ngai. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 357-368) And Index. Award: Frederick Jackson Turner Award, 2005.