Family Activism : : Immigrant Struggles and the Politics of Noncitizenship / / Amalia Pallares.
During the past ten years, legal and political changes in the United States have dramatically altered the legalization process for millions of undocumented immigrants and their families. Faced with fewer legalization options, immigrants without legal status and their supporters have organized around...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 13 photographs, 1 figure |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Immigrant Rights Activism and the Family Paradox
- 1. From Reunification to Separation
- 2. A Tale of Sanctuary: Agency, Representativity, and Motherhood
- 3. Regarding Family: From Local to National Activism
- 4. Our Youth, Our Families: DREAM Act Politics and Neoliberal Nationalism
- Conclusion: Moving Beyond the Boundaries
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the author