Living together, living apart : mixed-status families and US immigration policy / edited by April M. Schueths and Jodie M. Lawston ; foreword by Mary Romero. - Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : Living Together, Living Apart: Mixed-Status Families and US Immigration Policy / The Purpose of My Trip to Tijuana / Life and Love outside the Citizenship Binary : The Lived Experiences of Mixed-Status Couples in the United States / Transnational Mixed-Status Families : Critical Challenges in Cross-Border Relationships over Time / Dependents of the State : Navigating the Immigration and Child Welfare Apparatus at the San DiegoTijuana Border / "We Thought We Had a Future": Adversity and Resilience in Mixed-Status Families / Being Mixed-Status / Voice of an American-Mexican / Mixed-Status Families in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas : Health Disparities along the US-Mexico Border / "Someday I'm Going to Have Papers!" (¡Algún Día Yo Voy a Tener Papeles!) : Mixed-Status Families in the Rural South / The Green Card Waiting Game : U Visa Holders, Mixed-Status Families, and Marginal Membership / "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) / MIXED-UP / Constructing Mixed-Status Families in Public Discourse / Qualifying Relatives : US Immigration Policies and Family Reunification or Deunification? / From Driving to Deportation : Experiences of Mixed-Status Immigrant Families under "Secure Communities" / Dynamics and Ramifications of US Immigration and Visa Policies : Nepali Transnational Workers, Families, and Children in the United States / Bringing Pedro Home / My Path to Happiness / April M. Schueths and Jodie M. Lawston -- Giselle Stern Hernández -- April M. Schueths -- Rachel M. Hershberg and M. Brinton Lykes -- Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez -- Martha I. Zapata Roblyer and Joseph G. Grzywacz -- Sheryl Tuliao Silva and Eric O. Silva -- Neida Soto Arrington -- Heide Castañeda -- Scott Beck and Alma Stevenson -- Sarah Morando Lakhani -- Eva Betancourt -- Carlos-Manuel -- Eric O. Silva -- Connie Oxford -- Diana M. Guelespe -- Shobha Hamal Gurung -- Emily Guzman -- Luis A. Hernandez.



9780295806143

2021692836


Immigrant families--Social conditions.--United States
Immigrant families--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Immigrants--Family relationships--United States.


Electronic Books.

JV6465 / .L585 2015