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Whose Child Am I?: Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody
Susan J. Terrio
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Description for Whose Child Am I?: Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody
Paperback. In 2014, the arrest and detention of thousands of desperate young migrants at the southwest border of the United States exposed the US government's shadowy juvenile detention system, which had escaped public scrutiny for years. This book shows how the US government got into the business of detaining children and what we can learn from this. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
403g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520281493
SKU
V9780520281493
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About Susan J. Terrio
Susan J. Terrio is Professor of Anthropology at Georgetown University. She is author of Judging Mohammed: Juvenile Delinquency, Immigration, and Exclusion at the Paris Palace of Justice and Crafting the Culture and History of French Chocolate.
Reviews for Whose Child Am I?: Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody
"A powerful and timely exposure of the institutional violence suffered by migrant minors in federal custody who are being detained under two competing agendas-mandatory detention in custodial facilities and removal proceedings in immigration courts... Whose Child Am I? underscores the imperative of immigration reform for both practical and humanitarian reasons." New York Journal of Books "This volume is neither conservative ... Read more