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Whose child am I? : unaccompanied, undocumented children in U.S. immigration custody
2015
Overview
In 2014, the arrest and detention of thousands of desperate young migrants at the southwest border of the United States exposed the U.S. government's shadowy juvenile detention system, which had escaped public scrutiny for years. This book tells the story of six Central American and Mexican children who are driven from their homes by violence and deprivation, and who embark alone, risking their lives, on the perilous journey north. They suffer coercive arrests at the U.S. border, then land in detention, only to be caught up in the battle to obtain legal status. Whose Child Am I? looks inside a vast, labyrinthine system by documenting in detail the experiences of these youths, beginning with their arrest by immigration authorities, their subsequent placement in federal detention, followed by their appearance in deportation proceedings and release from custody, and, finally, ending with their struggle to build new lives in the United States. This book shows how the U.S. government got into the business of detaining children and what we can learn from this troubled history.
Publisher
University of California Press
Subject
/ central american immigrant children
/ Central Americans -- United States -- Case studies
/ Illegal alien children -- Government policy -- United States -- Case studies
/ immigrant children in federal custody
/ immigration and customs enforcement
/ Immigration enforcement -- United States -- Case studies
/ Juvenile detention -- United States -- Case studies
/ juvenile detention at borders
/ Mexicans
/ Mexicans -- United States -- Case studies
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
/ unaccompanied children at the border
/ Unaccompanied immigrant children
/ Unaccompanied immigrant children -- Government policy -- United States -- Case studies
ISBN
0520281489, 9780520281493, 9780520281486, 0520281497, 9780520961449, 0520961447
