Undocumented

how immigration became illegal

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Aviva Chomsky: Undocumented (2014)

246 pages

English language

Published July 15, 2014

ISBN:
978-0-8070-0167-7
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OCLC Number:
856977305

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"This book looks at the role illegality or undocumentedness plays in our society and economy. It shows how the status was created, and how and why people, especially Mexicans and Central Americans, have been assigned this status. The first three chapters look at the histories of social exclusion. One looks specifically at the Mexican and Guatemalan contexts to understand why such large numbers of people from these countries enter the United States without documents, and how those who do so understand their own motivations. Two chapters focus on the role of illegality in the economy. Undocumented people tend to work in three different kinds of jobs: jobs that have been historically marginalized, like those in agriculture; jobs that have been downgraded from well-paid, unionized work to low-wage labor, like meatpacking; and newly booming job categories that underlie post-war consumerist prosperity like landscaping and childcare work. One chapter looks at children …

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Subjects

  • Illegal aliens
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Social aspects
  • Government policy
  • Economic aspects

Places

  • United States
  • Central America
  • Guatemala
  • Mexico