Whose child am I? : unaccompanied, undocumented children in U.S. immigration custody /

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"In 2014, the arrest and detention of thousands of desperate young migrants at the southwest border of the United States exposed the U.S. government's shadowy juvenile detention system, which had escaped public scrutiny for years. This book tells the story of six Central American and Mexic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Terrio, Susan J. (Susan Jane), 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Unaccompanied immigrant children > Government policy > United States > Case studies.
Noncitizen children > Government policy > United States > Case studies.
Juvenile detention > United States > Case studies.
Immigration enforcement > United States > Case studies.
Mexicans > United States > Case studies.
Central Americans > United States > Case studies.
Enfants immigrants non accompagnés > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Détention des mineurs > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Centraméricains > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enfants immigrants clandestins > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Central Americans
Immigration enforcement
Juvenile detention
Mexicans
United States
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The American dream
  • Which way home?
  • The least restrictive setting
  • Placement in federal custody
  • In custody
  • Release
  • Immigration court
  • The new American story.

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