Forgotten citizens : deportation, children, and the making of American exiles and orphans / Luis H. Zayas.
2015
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Title
Forgotten citizens : deportation, children, and the making of American exiles and orphans / Luis H. Zayas.
Author
Zayas, Luis H., author.
ISBN
9780190211127 hardcover
0190211121 hardcover
0190211121 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xvi, 272 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
JV6483 .Z39 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.87083/0973
Summary
"The United States Constitution insures that all persons born in the US are citizens with equal protection under the law. But in today's America, the US-born children of undocumented immigrants--over four million of them--do not enjoy fully the benefits of citizenship or of feeling that they belong. Children in mixed-status families are forgotten in the loud and discordant immigration debate. They live under the constant threat that their parents will suddenly be deported. Their parents face impossible decisions: make their children exiles or make them orphans. In Forgotten Citizens, Luis Zayas holds a mirror to a nation in crisis, providing invaluable perspectives for anyone brave enough to look. Zayas draws on his extensive work as a mental health clinician and researcher to present the most complete picture yet of how immigration policy subverts children's rights, harms their mental health, and leaves lasting psychological trauma. We meet Virginia, a kindergartener so terrified of revealing her family's status that she took her father's warning don't say anything so literally she hadn't spoken in school in over a year. We hear from Brandon, exiled with his family to Mexico, who worries that his father will die in the desert trying to immigrate again. Children like Virginia and Brandon have been silenced and their stories largely overlooked in the broader debates about immigration policy. As this book demonstrates, we can no longer afford to ignore them"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Forgotten Citizens, Luis Zayas draws on his extensive research and experience as a psychological evaluator to present the most complete picture yet of the mental health and lasting trauma experienced by US citizen-children who are threatened with the fate of exile or orphan"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Forgotten Citizens, Luis Zayas draws on his extensive research and experience as a psychological evaluator to present the most complete picture yet of the mental health and lasting trauma experienced by US citizen-children who are threatened with the fate of exile or orphan"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Keeping Silent
Migrating for Life's Sake
Immigration Wars
The Lives of Citizen-Children
Rules and Responsibility, Guilt and Shame
Arrest and Detention, and the Aftermath
Fighting to Preserve a Life
Losing the Challenge
Exiles and the Limits of Citizenship
Human Loss and Becoming Deportation Orphans
Our Common Future
Appendix A: Research Project: Exploring the Effects of Parental Deportation on U.S. Citizen Children
Appendix B Cancellation of Removal Cases: Practical Information for Mental Health Clinicians.
Keeping Silent
Migrating for Life's Sake
Immigration Wars
The Lives of Citizen-Children
Rules and Responsibility, Guilt and Shame
Arrest and Detention, and the Aftermath
Fighting to Preserve a Life
Losing the Challenge
Exiles and the Limits of Citizenship
Human Loss and Becoming Deportation Orphans
Our Common Future
Appendix A: Research Project: Exploring the Effects of Parental Deportation on U.S. Citizen Children
Appendix B Cancellation of Removal Cases: Practical Information for Mental Health Clinicians.