Introduction: an untimely intervention on the U.S. immigration debate: puzzling evidence: the contradictions of immigration enforcement and the politics of immigration policy; immigrants and state power: on the margins of the law
A different kind of immigration, a new kind of statelessness
The secret life of the state
Concerned citizens, local exclusions: local immigration laws and the legacy of Jim Crow
Race, nation, immigration: stranded at the crossroads of liberal thought
Conclusion: the immigration crucible: immigration policy and enforcement under the Obama Administration; immigration policy, national identity, and the limits of executive authority.
The immigration crucible : transforming race, nation, and the limits of the law by Philip Kretsedemas. ISBN 9780231157612. Published by Columbia University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.