Dreams and nightmares : immigration policy, youth, and families / Marjorie S. Zatz and Nancy Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zatz, Marjorie Sue, 1955- author.

Rodriguez, Nancy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrant youth--United States--Social conditions.

Immigrant youth.

Unaccompanied immigrant children--United States--Social conditions.

Unaccompanied immigrant children.

Emigration and immigration law--United States.

Emigration and immigration law.

Immigrant families--Law and legislation--United States.

Immigrant families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dreams and Nightmares takes a critical look at the challenges and dilemmas of immigration policy and practice in the absence of comprehensive immigration reform. The experiences of children and youth provide a prism through which the interwoven dynamics and consequences of immigration policy become apparent. Using a unique sociolegal perspective, authors Zatz and Rodriguez examine the mechanisms by which immigration policies and practices mitigate or exacerbate harm to vulnerable youth. They pay particular attention to prosecutorial discretion, assessing its potential and limitations for resolving issues involving parental detention and deportation, unaccompanied minors, and Dreamers who came to the United States as young children. The book demonstrates how these policies and practices offer a means of prioritizing immigration enforcement in ways that alleviate harm to children, and why they remain controversial and vulnerable to political challenges.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Historical Context

CHAPTER 2. Prosecutorial Discretion: A Mechanism for Balancing Competing Goals

CHAPTER 3. Legislative Inaction and Executive Action Mixed Status Families, the Dreamer Movement, and DACA

CHAPTER 4. Families Torn Apart: Parental Detention and Deportation

CHAPTER 5. No Good Options: Unaccompanied Minors in the US Immigration System

CHAPTER 6. Conclusions and Recommendations

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520283060

0520283066

9780520958890

0520958896

OCLC:

905854693