Constructing immigrant "illegality" : critiques, experiences, and responses /

"The topic of "illegal" immigration has been a major aspect of public discourse in the United States and many other immigrant-receiving countries. From the beginning of its modern invocation in the early twentieth century, the often ill-defined epithet of human "illegality"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kanstroom, Dan (Editor ), Menjívar, Cecilia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Emigration and immigration law > United States.
Noncitizens > United States.
Immigration enforcement > United States.
Illegal immigration > United States.
Noncitizens.
Undocumented Immigrants
Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis.
Immigration clandestine > États-Unis.
Immigrants clandestins.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Illegal immigration
Emigration and immigration law
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Noncitizens
Immigration enforcement
Émigration et immigration > Droit > États-Unis.
Immigrés clandestins > États-Unis.
Immigration > juridik och lagstiftning.
Papperslösa personer.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
United States
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique publique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: 'Immigrant illegality' : constructions and critiques / Cecilia Menjívar and Daniel Kanstroom
  • The construction of 'Illegality': Immigration 'reform' and the production of migrant 'illegality' / Nicholas De Genova ; Coercive immigration enforcement and bureaucratic ideology / Nestor Rodriguez and Cristian Paredes ; 'Illegality' across generations : public discourse and the children of undocumented immigrants / Leo R. Chavez ; 'Illegality' and the U.S.-Mexico border : how it is produced and resisted / Josiah McC. Heyman
  • Complicating lived experiences of 'illegality': Latino immigrants' diverse experiences of 'illegality' / Leisy J. Abrego ; Challenging the transition to new 'illegalities' : undocumented young adults and the shifting boundaries of inclusion / Roberto G. Gonzales, Luisa Laura Heredia and Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales ; The modern deportation regime and Mexican families : the indirect consequences for children in new destination communities / Joanna Dreby ; From legal to 'illegal' : the deportation of legal permanent residents from the United States / Tanya Golash-Boza
  • Responses and resistance: Voice and power in the immigrant rights movement / Walter J. Nicholls ; 'Illegality' and the spaces of sanctuary : belonging and homeland making in urban community gardens / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Jose Miguel Ruiz ; Challenging laws: faith-based engagement with unauthorized immigration / Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Susanna J. Snyder and Manuel A. Vásquez ; Shades of blue : local policing, legality, and immigration law / Doris Marie Provine and Paul G. Lewis
  • Policy: 'Illegal' people and the rule of law / Donald M. Kerwin Jr. ; Developing a new mid-set on immigration reform / Bill Ong Hing.

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