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Author Terrio, Susan J. (Susan Jane), 1950- author.

Title Whose child am I? : unaccompanied, undocumented children in U.S. immigration custody / Susan J. Terrio
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource
Contents The American dream -- Which way home? -- The least restrictive setting -- Placement in federal custody -- In custody -- Release -- Immigration court -- The new American story
Summary "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"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
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Subject Unaccompanied immigrant children -- Government policy -- United States -- Case studies
Noncitizen children -- Government policy -- United States -- Case studies
Juvenile detention -- United States -- Case studies
Immigration enforcement -- United States -- Case studies
Mexicans -- United States -- Case studies
Central Americans -- United States -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Central Americans
Immigration enforcement
Juvenile detention
Mexicans
United States
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520961449
0520961447
Other Titles Unaccompanied, undocumented children in United States immigration custody