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AMERICANS IN WAITING: THE LOST STORY OF IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES. By Hiroshi Motomura. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 2006. Pp. vii, 254. Cloth, $29.95; paper, $19.95.

INTRODUCTION

Through Americans in Waiting, Hiroshi Motomura (1) tells us three different stories about how U.S. law and policy, over time, have framed the relationship between immigrants and the American body politic. He captures the complexity, historical ...