Contested Americans : : Mixed-Status Families in Anti-Immigrant Times / / Cassaundra Rodriguez.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Rodriguez, Cassaundra,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Latina/o Sociology ; 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Reveals the impossible choices and downright terror mixed-status families often face for their lovedonesLiving in a mixed-status immigrant family might mean that your grandmother could be deported at any moment, your son could be arrested at work, or your mother’s deportation hearing is postponed—again. Such uncertainty and fear are the reality of life for mixed-status families—those that include both undocumented immigrants and US citizens. In Contested Americans, Cassaundra Rodriguez explores how members of mixed-status families experience and articulate belonging in the United States. The sixteen million people in the US who fall under this classification share the fear of a family member’s possible deportation or the anxiety of leaving behind a child or elderly relative.Rodriguez highlights how different members of the same mixed-status families mediate undocumented statuses while maintaining the collective whole of a family. For many young adults, this may mean negotiating the sponsorship of their immigrant parents, and for the parents, planning for the emotional, physical, and financial well-being of their children in case of deportation.Contested Americans is a timely book, filled with vivid storytelling, that shows how immigration policies, racism, and privilege collide in the backdrop of the lives of millions of mixed-status families.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Mixed-Status Families -- 1 Parents Mitigating Family Illegality in Deportation Plans -- 2 Negotiating Family Illegality as Young Adults -- 3 Talking Back to “Anchor Baby” and Birthright Citizenship Discourse -- 4 Moral Boundaries and the Right to Belong -- 5 Navigating Racialized Belonging in Segregated Los Angeles -- Conclusion: Uncertain Futures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author