Introduction: immigrants in America
Contract and classical immigration law
Promises, promises
All persons within the territorial jurisdiction
Alienage and the ties that bind
The most tender connections
The lost story of Americans-in-waiting
Transition at a crossroads
The meaning of transition
Race, belonging, and transition
Taking transition seriously
Conclusion : the idea of Americans-in-waiting
Notes.
Americans in waiting : the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States by Hiroshi Motomura. ISBN 9780195163452. Published by Oxford University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.