Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and FamilyA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Of Love and Papers explores how immigration policies are fundamentally reshaping Latino families. Drawing on two waves of interviews with undocumented young adults, Enriquez investigates how immigration status creeps into the most personal aspects of everyday life, intersecting with gender to constrain family formation. The imprint of illegality remains, even upon obtaining DACA or permanent residency. Interweaving the perspectives of US citizen romantic partners and children, Enriquez illustrates the multigenerational punishment that limits the upward mobility of Latino families. Of Love and Papers sparks an intimate understanding of contemporary US immigration policies and their enduring consequences for immigrant families. |
Contents
Forming Families in a Context of Illegality | 1 |
Its Because He Wants Papers | 23 |
You Feel a Little Bit Less | 45 |
It Affects Us Our Future 69 90 | 69 |
It Was Time to Take That Step | 90 |
Its a Constant Struggle 115 135 157 171 179 | 115 |
I Cant Offer Them What Other People Could | 135 |
Immigration Policy and the Future of Latino Families | 157 |
Appendix A Reflections on Methods and Positionality | 171 |
Sampling strategy for undocumented interview | 173 |
Appendix B Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants | 179 |
Demographic characteristics of undocumented participants | 181 |
Notes | 189 |
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