| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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Online access with subscription: Duke University Press
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| Contents |
In the shadow of due process -- Return to a foreign land -- Life after deportation -- Deported by marriage -- Children of deportees -- Conclusion : Resistance and reforms |
| Summary |
When Gina was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, in 2011, she left behind her parents, siblings, and children, all of whom are U.S. citizens. Despite having once had a green card, Gina was removed from the only country she had ever known. In Deported Americans legal scholar and former public defender Beth C. Caldwell tells Gina's story alongside those of dozens of other Dreamers, who are among the hundreds of thousands who have been deported to Mexico in recent years. Many of them had lawful status, held green cards, or served in the U.S. military. Now, they have been banished, many with no hope of lawfully returning. Having interviewed over one hundred deportees and their families, Caldwell traces deportation's long-term consequences--such as depression, drug use, and homelessness--on both sides of the border. Showing how U.S. deportation law systematically fails to protect the rights of immigrants and their families, Caldwell challenges traditional notions of what it means to be an American and recommends legislative and judicial reforms to mitigate the injustices suffered by the millions of U.S. citizens affected by deportation.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Children of noncitizens -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Deportation -- Social aspects
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Deported children -- Mexico
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Deportees -- Family relationships
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Emigration and immigration law -- Mexico
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Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
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Noncitizen children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Immigrant children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Mexicans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
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Illegal immigration -- United States
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Noncitizens.
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Undocumented Immigrants
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Noncitizens
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Illegal immigration
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Deportation -- Social aspects
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Deported children
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Emigration and immigration law
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Mexicans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Noncitizens.
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Mexico
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018049803 |
| ISBN |
1478004525 |
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9781478004523 |
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