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Author Reed-Sandoval, Amy, author.

Title Socially undocumented : identity and immigration justice / Amy Reed-Sandoval
Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Series Philosophy of race
Philosophy of race.
Contents Socially, not legally, undocumented -- On social identity -- Socially undocumented embodiment -- Pregnant and socially undocumented -- Socially undocumented horizons -- Rethinking "open borders" --The injustice of the migrant journey to the United States -- Conclusions: A new approach to immigration justice
Summary "What does it really mean to "be undocumented," particularly in the contemporary United States? Political philosophers, policymakers and others often define the term "undocumented migrant" legalistically-that is, in terms of lacking legal authorization to live and work in one's current country of residence. Socially Undocumented: Identity and Immigration Justice challenges such a pure "legalistic understanding" by arguing that being undocumented should not always be conceptualized along such lines. To be socially undocumented, it argues, is to possess a real, visible, and embodied social identity that does not always track one's actual legal status in the United States. By integrating a descriptive/phenomenological account of socially undocumented identity with a normative/political account of how the oppression with which it is associated ought to be dealt with as a matter of social justice, this book offers a new vision of immigration ethics. It addresses concrete ethical challenges associated with immigration, such as the question of whether open borders are morally required, the militarization of the Mexico-U.S. border, the perilous journey that many Mexican and Central American migrants undertake to get to the United States, the difficult experiences of many socially undocumented women who cross U.S. borders to seek prenatal care while visibly pregnant, and more"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2020)
Subject Noncitizens -- Government policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Noncitizens -- United States -- Social conditions
Marginality, Social -- United States
Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Illegal immigration -- United States
Illegal immigration
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
Noncitizens -- Social conditions
Marginality, Social
SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019034782
ISBN 9780190619848
0190619848
9780190619824
0190619821
019061983X
9780190619831
Other Titles Oxford Scholarship Online