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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America) (1st Edition) by Mae M. Ngai, William Chafe, Gary Gerstle Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-691-12429-9 / 0691124299 ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12429-2 / 9780691124292 This book traces the origins of the "illegal alien" in American law and society, explaining why and how illegal migration became the central problem in U.S. immigration policy--a process that profoundly shaped ideas and practices about citizenship, race, and state authority in the twentieth centu |