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Becoming legal : immigration law and mixed-status families / Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gomberg-Muñoz, Ruth, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrant families--United States--Social conditions.
- Immigrant families.
- Immigrant families--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law--Social aspects--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "An ethnographic study of immigration and mixed-status families"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Four Million Families 1
- René and Molly 1
- The Argument 4
- The Project 7
- The Process 10
- Program 1 Adjustment of Status under Section 245(a) 11
- Program 2 Consular Processing 12
- The Book 13
- Chapter 2 Grounds for Exclusion: The U.S. Immigration System 16
- Enrique and Anya 16
- The History of the Politics and the Politics in the History 20
- Free White Men of Good Moral Character: Policy of the 18th and 19th Centuries 20
- The Quota System and the Bracero Program: 1924 to 1964 25
- The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 27
- A Nation of Borders: The 1980s and 1990s 29
- Expanded Enforcement: 2000 to 2015 32
- Does Race Still Matter? 35
- Grounds for Inclusion 37
- Family Reunification 38
- Employment 40
- Humanitarian Visas 40
- Diversity Immigrant Visa (the Green Card Lottery) 43
- Conclusion 44
- Chapter 3 The Family Petition 46
- Cynthia and Hector 46
- Gender, Family, and Status 50
- Deciding to Legalize 55
- Do We Have the Right Kind of Family? 56
- Are We Eligible? 59
- Can We Afford It? 62
- Is It Worth It? 65
- When Immigration Processing Is Not a Choice 66
- Chapter 4 The Punishment 70
- Marco and Tanya 70
- The Legal Nonexistence of Unlawful Entrants 75
- Going to Juaárez 76
- The Medical Exam 78
- Biometrics 81
- The Consular Interview 84
- "Criminal" Complications 87
- Outcomes 90
- Chapter 5 Extreme Hardship 91
- Pamela and Victor 91
- Extreme Hardship 97
- Establishing the Relationship 98
- Medical Hardship 99
- Financial Hardship 102
- Emotional Hardship 103
- Relocation Hardship 104
- Good Moral Character 105
- Waiting for a Decision 106
- The Wheels Come Off in Juarez 108
- The Juarez Wives 110
- Model Citizens, Model Families 113
- Changes to the System 116
- Conclusion 117
- Chapter 6 Life After Legal Status 118
- All Families 118
- The Greatest Feeling Ever 122
- Readjusting in the Aftermath of Legalization 124
- Movin' On Up? 126
- They Can Take It Away 132
- Banished 135
- Jane and Isaiah 135
- Paolo and Wendy 137
- Jorge and Beth 138
- Life After Legalization 141
- Chapter 7 Documented and Deportable 142
- René and Molly 142
- Making Sense of a Broken System 143
- Precarity as Policy 147
- Making Law Visible 150.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190276010
- 0190276010
- OCLC:
- 956967244
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