Defining America

ForewordIntroductionPart I. Defining America1. The Western European New World and The New Americans2. The Undesirable Asian3. "Translate This": The 1917 Literacy Law4. The Xenophobic 1920sPart II. Redefining America5. The 1952 Act: Excluding Communists, Homosexuals, and Other Undesirables6. 1965 to 1990: From Discriminatory Quotas to Discriminatory Diversity VisasPart III. Defining Mexicans As Non-Americans7. Politicizing the Southwest Border8. Patrolling the Border and Sweeping for Mexicans9. Irca: Penalizing Employers, as Amnesty Barely Survives10. The Dark Side of Modern-Day Enforcement: Operation GatekeeperPart IV. Deporting and Barring Non-Americans11. Removal12. The Politics of AsylumEpilogue: Two AmericasAppendixNotesIndex