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Acknowledgments Although I was particularly motivated to write these chapters during the widespread backlash against immigration between 2006 and 2008, this book was also inspired by my personal experiences with immigration (living and working abroad), as well as by numerous experiences with immigrants as friends and coworkers in the United States. My ideas on immigration were also greatly aided when I first taught a course on immigration at Harvard University. I would like to thank the students of those seminars— particularly the first one I taught—for their enthusiasm and suggestions. The anonymous committee that oversaw and chose the course was also very helpful and suggested some works that are crucial to my discussion in this book. Although I now work in relative isolation, the discussions I had with Nicholas Xenos about the course and my earlier work on immigration were invaluable, as always. I continue to teach a similar course on immigration and have learned quite a lot from my students in Texas. In addition, audiences and panels at conferences where I presented these chapters—including the Western Political Science Association Meetings of 2008 and 2009 and the Lonestar Theory Workshop of 2009—were also very helpful. I want to thank Sandy Thatcher, who is truly a great editor. Sandy is open to new approaches and interdisciplinary work, and I am grateful for his suggestions and enthusiasm for this project. I would also like to thank James Martel, Sheila Croucher, and a third, anonymous reviewer for their engagement with my arguments and their very constructive comments. In addition, my friend Karuna Mantena gave me critical feedback on the chapter on guest workers and the maquila program at a crucial time—I really appreciate the help. Finally, I would like to thank Borderlands for permission to reprint an earlier version of chapter 2 and Constellations for permission to reprint parts of chapter 4. Any errors in this book are my own. x acknowledgments On a personal level, I would like to thank my friends Jonathan Bernstein, Joshua Dienstag, Ashley Díaz, Patricia Jaramillo, Amy Jasperson, Karuna Mantena (again), and Kimberly Sims, as well as my mother, Kathy, for their support during a difficult period. My daughter, Hannah, continues to make single motherhood joyful and exiting. I am dedicating this book to my father, Tony, and his wife, Gayan, whose support for my work and personal life I truly appreciate. ...

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