Whose Child Am I?: Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody - Couverture souple

Terrio, Susan J. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520281497 ISBN 13 : 9780520281493

Editeur : University of California Press, 2015

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520281497
• ISBN 13: 9780520281493
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 276
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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