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 century. Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commen...(展开全部)

Tim Russert is dead. But the room was alive. Big Ticket Washington Funerals can make such great networking opportunities. Power mourners keep stampeding down the red carpets of the Kennedy Center, handing out business cards, touching base. And there is no time to waste in a gold rush, even (or especially) at a solemn tribal event like this. Washington—This Town—might be loathe...(展开全部)

马克•列伊博维奇（Mark Leibovich）是《纽约时报周刊》杂志驻华盛顿特区的首席记者，是华盛顿这个圈子里最有影响力的媒体人之一。在2011年，他凭借“政客麦克艾伦”的故事和华盛顿媒体文化的变迁获得国家杂志奖。他还在《华盛顿邮报》、《圣何塞水星报》、波士顿凤凰传媒工作过。