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Forgotten Citizens
Luis Zayas
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Description for Forgotten Citizens
In Forgotten Citizens, Luis Zayas draws on his extensive research and experience as a psychological evaluator to present the most complete picture yet of the mental health and lasting trauma experienced by US citizen-children who are threatened with their fate of becoming an exile or an orphan. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Citizen-children of mixed-status families grow up living almost-average American lives; however, The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that more than four-million citizen-children are forgotten in the discordant immigration debate, forcing these children to live under the constant threat of their family suddenly being deported, leaving parents to face the impossible decision: make their child an exile or ... Read more
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. Citizen-children of mixed-status families grow up living almost-average American lives; however, The Center for Immigration Studies estimates that more than four-million citizen-children are forgotten in the discordant immigration debate, forcing these children to live under the constant threat of their family suddenly being deported, leaving parents to face the impossible decision: make their child an exile or ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190211127
SKU
V9780190211127
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About Luis Zayas
Luis Zayas, PhD, is Dean and Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy at the UT-Austin School of Social Work. Zayas is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, and maintains a private practice focusing on the evaluation of citizen-children in deportation cases.
Reviews for Forgotten Citizens
Honorable mention for the 2016 Society for Social Work and Research Book Award First runner-up for 2016 Hamilton Book Award given by University of Texas Austin