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Impossible Subjects
Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
Book • 2003
Impossible Subjects examines how restrictive U.S.
immigration policies, particularly the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and subsequent laws up to the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, created the concept of illegal immigration and linked it to racial minorities.
Ngai analyzes the impact on groups like Mexicans, Japanese-Americans, and Chinese immigrants, including border enforcement, Japanese internment, and Cold War-era restrictions, arguing that these policies produced undocumented migration while redefining national identity, citizenship, and race.
immigration policies, particularly the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 and subsequent laws up to the Hart-Celler Act of 1965, created the concept of illegal immigration and linked it to racial minorities.
Ngai analyzes the impact on groups like Mexicans, Japanese-Americans, and Chinese immigrants, including border enforcement, Japanese internment, and Cold War-era restrictions, arguing that these policies produced undocumented migration while redefining national identity, citizenship, and race.
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