Dreams and Nightmares : Immigration Policy, Youth, and Families /

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"Dreams and Nightmares takes a critical look at the challenges and dilemmas of immigration policy and practice in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform. The experiences of children and youth provide a prism through which the interwoven dynamics and consequences of immigration policy b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zatz, Marjorie Sue, 1955- (Autor), Rodriguez, Nancy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Immigrant youth > Social conditions.
Emigration and immigration law.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Enfants immigrants non accompagnes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes immigrants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Immigrant families > Law and legislation > United States.
Emigration and immigration law > United States.
Unaccompanied immigrant children > United States > Social conditions.
Immigrant youth > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and historical context
  • Prosecutorial discretion: a mechanism for balancing competing goals
  • Legislative inaction and executive action: mixed status families, the dreamer movement and DACA
  • Families torn apart: parental detention and deportation
  • No good options: unaccompanied minors in the US immigration system
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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