Print version: Gerken, Christina. Model immigrants and undesirable aliens : the cost of immigration reform in the 1990s. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013 328 pages ; 23 cm. ISBN 9780816674732
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Introduction: Building a Neoliberal Consensus -- 1. Exclusionary Acts: A Brief History of U.S. Immigration Laws -- 2. Family Values and Moral Obligations: The Logic of Congressional Rhetoric -- 3. Dehumanizing the Undocumented: The Legislative Language of Illegality -- 4. Manufacturing the Crisis: Encoded Racism in the Daily Press -- 5. Entrepreneurial Spirits and Individual Failures: The Neoliberal Human Interest Story -- Conclusion: Legacies of Failed Reform -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.