Precarious protections : unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States / Chiara Galli.
2023
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Author
Title
Precarious protections : unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States / Chiara Galli.
Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
Description
1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps
Formatted Contents Note
Exclusion and protection in U.S. immigration law and policy
Central American youths escape from violence
Enter the bureaucratic maze : the legal socialization of unaccompanied minors begins
Access to legal representation : representing eligible youths or choosing the "compelling" case
Lawyering with unaccompanied minors : helping youths apply for asylum and protections for abandoned, abused, or neglected children
Coming of age under the gaze of the state
Beyond precarious protections : lessons for humane immigration reform
Methods appendix.
Central American youths escape from violence
Enter the bureaucratic maze : the legal socialization of unaccompanied minors begins
Access to legal representation : representing eligible youths or choosing the "compelling" case
Lawyering with unaccompanied minors : helping youths apply for asylum and protections for abandoned, abused, or neglected children
Coming of age under the gaze of the state
Beyond precarious protections : lessons for humane immigration reform
Methods appendix.
Summary
"Based on six years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews spanning the Obama and Trump administrations, Precarious Protections chronicles the experiences and perspectives of Central American unaccompanied minors and their immigration attorneys as they pursue applications for refugee status in the US asylum process. The book reveals that the commonsense understanding of asylum as a form of protection for people who fear returning to their homes is nothing like how the asylum law works in action. Narrowly interpreted US asylum law fails to adequately recognize the experiences of youth fleeing Central America today, leaving too many at risk of deportation back to life-threatening danger"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 4, 2023).
Available in Other Form
Print version: Galli, Chiara, 1987- Precarious protections Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
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Language
English
ISBN
9780520391925 electronic book
0520391926 electronic book
9780520391895 hardcover
9780520391918 paperback
0520391926 electronic book
9780520391895 hardcover
9780520391918 paperback
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