Illegal Encounters : : The Effect of Detention and Deportation on Young People / / ed. by Susan J. Terrio, Deborah A. Boehm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Bhabha, Jacqueline,; Bibler Coutin, Susan,; Boehm, Deborah A.,; Dreby, Joanna,; Gittinger, Rachel,; Hansen, Tobin,; Heidbrink, Lauren,; Jackson, Kristen,; Leigh Marks, Dana,; León, Jason De,; Martínez, Williams Guevara,; McKenna, Megan,; Menjívar, Cecilia,; Núñez, Abel,; Ortiz-Rosales, José,; Rabin, Nina,; Salas-Crespo, Margarita,; Terrio, Susan J.,; Valdivia, Carolina,; Young, Wendy,
• HerausgeberIn: Boehm, Deborah A.,; Terrio, Susan J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The impact of the U.S. immigration and legal systems on children and youth In the United States, millions of children are undocumented migrants or have family members who came to the country without authorization. The unique challenges with which these children and youth must cope demand special att...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part I. In
• 1. Risky Border Crossings
• 2. Social Citizens and Their Right to Belong
• 3. Illegality and Children’s Power in Families
• Reflections: Entering Multiple Systems
• Reflections
• Part II. Through
• 4. The Post- 1996 Immigrant Underclass
• 5. Youth on Their Own
• 6. Immigration Courts
• Reflections
• Reflections
• Part III. Out
• 7. Youth Negotiate Deportation
• 8. Youth Activism
• 9. Dreaming across Borders
• Reflections
• Reflections
• Commentary
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Bibliography
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Index