Preface : "the future doesn't come to me" -- "I didn't think it was in her best interests" -- The cause in theory and practice -- A poetic and practical bridge : reflections on youth mobility -- Selecting identity, rejecting context -- The spectacular case -- Limited relief -- Reflections on instability and inconclusiveness
Summary
Why do immigration advocates rely on a ""cause""? And what is at stake when the young migrants at the heart of the cause complicate or even resist attorneys' efforts?
Analysis
Immigration lawyers
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - University of Washington, 2014) issued under title: Limited relief : cause lawyering on behalf of unacccompanied Chinese youth
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2018)