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From The Earliest Days Of Nationhood, The United States Has Determined Who Might Enter The Country And Who Might Be Naturalized. In This Sweeping Review Of Us Immigration Policies, Bill Ong Hing Points To The Racial, Ethnic, And Social Struggles Over Who Should Be Welcomed Into The Community Of Citizens. He Shows How Shifting Visions Of America Have Shaped Policies Governing Asylum, Exclusion, Amnesty, And Border Policing. Written For A Broad Audience, Defining America Through Immigration Policy Sets The Continuing Debates About Immigration In The Context Of What Value We As A Peop Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Defining America; 1. The Western European New World And The New American; 2. The Undesirable Asian; 3. Translate This: The 1917 Literacy Law; 4. The Xenophobic 1920s; Part Ii. Redefining America; 5. The 1952 Act: Excluding Communists, Homosexuals, And Other Undesirables; 6. 1965 To 1990: From Discriminatory Quotas To Discriminatory Diversity Visas; Part Iii. Defining Mexicans As Non-americans; 7. Politicizing The Southwest Border; 8. Patrolling The Border And Sweeping For Mexicans; 9. Irca: Penalizing Employers, As Amnesty Barely Survives 10. The Dark Side Of Modern-day Enforcement: Operation Gatekeeperpart Iv. Deporting And Barring Non-americans; 11. Removal; 12. The Politics Of Asylum; Epilogue: Two Americas; Appendix; Notes; Index Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record.