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Living the dream : new immigration policies and the lives of undocumented Latino youth / Maria Chávez, Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, and Melissa R. Michelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chávez, Maria, 1968-
- Series:
- Critical viewpoints
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Noncitizens--United States.
- Noncitizens.
- Illegal immigration--United States.
- Illegal immigration.
- United States.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Undocumented immigrants.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 186 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, 2014.
- Summary:
- In 2012, President Obama deferred the deportation of qualified undocumented youth with his policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, forever changing the lives of the approximately five million DREAMers currently in the United States. Formerly "illegal," a generation of Latino youth has begun to build new fives based on their newfound "legitimacy." In this book, the first to examine the lives of DREAMers in the wake of Obama's deferred action policy, the authors relay the real-life stories of more than 100 DREAMers from four states. They assess the life circumstances in which undocumented Latino youth find themselves, the racializing effects generated by current immigration public discourse, and the permanent impact of this policy environment on DREAMers in America. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword / by Reyna Grande
- Introduction: "this is the most important day of my life!"
- "We asked for workers, but human beings came" : history and economic argument for the dream act
- Flying under the radar : the racialization of immigration and the dreamers
- Living in limbo : neither here nor there and the concept of citizenship
- Political activism and ethnic identity
- Conclusion: dreaming of justice
- Appendix: undocumented youth interview questionnaire
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781612057125
- 1612057128
- OCLC:
- 879662378
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