{"id":3256,"date":"2025-07-28T02:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T02:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelrjin.com\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:37:26","slug":"new-article-citizen-aliens-in-the-journal-immigration-and-ethnic-history-special-issue-on-immigration-and-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelrjin.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/new-article-citizen-aliens-in-the-journal-immigration-and-ethnic-history-special-issue-on-immigration-and-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"New Article, &#8220;Citizen Aliens,&#8221; in the Journal Immigration and Ethnic History Special Issue on Immigration and Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholarlypublishingcollective.org\/uip\/jaeh\/article\/44\/4\/73\/401303\/Citizen-Aliens-American-Xenophobia-Japanese\">Citizen Aliens: American Xenophobia, Japanese American Migrants, and the Transpacific Borders of Belonging<\/a>.&#8221; Journal of American Ethnic History (2025) 44 (4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article I explore the perspectives of Kibei, U.S.-born Japanese Americans who returned from their transpacific sojourn in Japan, which illuminate the deeply entrenched culture and politics of American xenophobia and a systemic assault on Asian Americans&#8217; birthright citizenship, from Chinese exclusion to anti-Japanese political campaigns throughout the Jim Crow American West. 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