Migrant Youth, Transnational Families, and the State: Care and Contested Interests

by Lauren Heidbrink

Book Overview

Each year, more than half a million migrant children journey from countries around the globe and enter the United States with no lawful immigration status; many of them have no parent or legal guardian to provide care and custody. Yet little is known about their experiences in a nation that may simultaneously shelter children while initiating proceedings to deport them, nor about their safety or well-being if repatriated. Migrant Youth, Transnational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812223837
• ISBN13: 9780812223835
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"