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Title
Contested Americans : Mixed-Status Families in Anti-Immigrant Times / Cassaundra Rodriguez.
ISBN
9781479800605
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9781479800605.001.0001 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.9/069120973
Summary
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.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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text file PDF
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)
Series
Latina/o Sociology ; 9
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