Description
Title: Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family
Author: Laura E Enriquez
ISBN: 9780520344358
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2020
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 244
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher : A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at Of Love and Papers explores how immigration policies are fundamentally reshaping Latino families. Drawing on two waves of interviews with undocumented young adults, Enriquez investigates how immigration status creeps into the most personal aspects of everyday life, intersecting with gender to constrain family formation. The imprint of illegality remains, even upon obtaining DACA or permanent the perspectives of US citizen romantic partners and children, Enriquez illustrates the multigenerational punishment that limits the upward mobility of Latino families. Of Love and Papers sparks an intimate understanding of contemporary US immigration policies and their enduring consequences for immigrant families.
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