"Smoke and Mirrors": Conditional Inclusion, Model Minorities, and the Pre-1965 Dismantling of Asian Exclusion.

UNITED States emigration & immigration; HISTORIOGRAPHY of emigration & immigration; SAUND, Dalip Singh; HISTORY; IDEOLOGY; UNITED States immigration policy; TWENTIETH century; 20TH century United States history; HISTORIOGRAPHY

The article presents discussion of the immigration policies and ideologies of the United States before 1965, focusing on the experiences of Asian groups such as those from India. Topics addressed include an overview of the political career of Indian American Representative Dalip Singh Saund, challenges to the standard periodization of U.S. immigration history in the 20th century, and the concept of conditional inclusion in U.S. policy.