Acknowledgments; 1." A Subclass within Our Boundaries"; Part I: Theory; 2. Characteristics Arbitrary from a Moral Point of View"; 3." One Body in the State of Nature"; Part II: Law; 4." They Do Not and Will Not Assimilate"; 5." Beyond All Reason in Its Severity"; Part III: Homeless Strangers; 6." They Will Disappear"; 7. "Loyalty Is a Matter of the Heart and Mind"; 8. "Outside the Pale of Law"; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary
Since the late nineteenth century, federal and state rules governing immigration and naturalization have placed persons of Asian ancestry outside the boundaries of formal membership. A review of leading cases in American constitutional law regarding Asians would suggest that initially, Asian immigrants tended to evade exclusionary laws through deliberate misrepresentations of their identities or through extralegal means. Eventually, many of these immigrants and their descendants came to accept prevailing legal norms governing their citizenship in the United States. In many cases, this involved
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