Description: Whose Child Am I? : Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in . Immigration Custody, Paperback by Terrio, Susan J., ISBN 0520281497, ISBN-13 9780520281493, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US "In 2014, the arrest and detention of thousands of desperate young migrants at the southwest border of the United States exposed the . 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 . 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 . government got into the business ofdetaining children and what we can learn from this troubled history"--Provided by publisher.
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Book Title: Whose Child am I? : Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U. S. Immigration Custody
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Penology, Criminology
Publication Year: 2015
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Susan J. Terrio
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
