Title Living together, living apart : mixed-status families and US immigration policy / edited by April M. Schueths and Jodie M. Lawston ; foreword by Mary Romero

Published Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 256 pages) Contents Introduction : Living Together, Living Apart: Mixed-Status Families and US Immigration Policy / April M. Schueths and Jodie M. Lawston -- The Purpose of My Trip to Tijuana / Giselle Stern Hernández -- Life and Love outside the Citizenship Binary : The Lived Experiences of Mixed-Status Couples in the United States / April M. Schueths -- Transnational Mixed-Status Families : Critical Challenges in Cross-Border Relationships over Time / Rachel M. Hershberg and M. Brinton Lykes -- Dependents of the State : Navigating the Immigration and Child Welfare Apparatus at the San DiegoTijuana Border / Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez -- "We Thought We Had a Future": Adversity and Resilience in Mixed-Status Families / Martha I. Zapata Roblyer and Joseph G. Grzywacz -- Being Mixed-Status / Sheryl Tuliao Silva and Eric O. Silva -- Voice of an American-Mexican / Neida Soto Arrington -- Mixed-Status Families in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas : Health Disparities along the US-Mexico Border / Heide Castañeda -- "Someday I'm Going to Have Papers!" (¡Algún Día Yo Voy a Tener Papeles!) : Mixed-Status Families in the Rural South / Scott Beck and Alma Stevenson -- The Green Card Waiting Game : U Visa Holders, Mixed-Status Families, and Marginal Membership / Sarah Morando Lakhani -- "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) / Eva Betancourt -- MIXED-UP / Carlos-Manuel -- Constructing Mixed-Status Families in Public Discourse / Eric O. Silva -- Qualifying Relatives : US Immigration Policies and Family Reunification or Deunification? / Connie Oxford -- From Driving to Deportation : Experiences of Mixed-Status Immigrant Families under "Secure Communities" / Diana M. Guelespe -- Dynamics and Ramifications of US Immigration and Visa Policies : Nepali Transnational Workers, Families, and Children in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung -- Bringing Pedro Home / Emily Guzman -- My Path to Happiness / Luis A. Hernandez Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Immigrant families -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Immigrant families -- United States -- Social conditions. Immigrants -- Family relationships -- United States. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Form Electronic book Author Lawston, Jodie Michelle, 1977- editor Schueths, April M., editor ISBN 0295806141 (electronic bk) 9780295806143 (electronic bk)

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