Open Hand, Closed Fist: Practices of Undocumented Organizing in a Hostile StateHow does a group that lacks legal status organize its members to become effective political activists? In the early 2000s, Arizona's campaign of "attrition through enforcement" aimed to make life so miserable for undocumented immigrants that they would "self-deport." Undocumented activists resisted hostile legislation, registered thousands of new Latino voters, and joined a national movement to advance justice for immigrants. Drawing on five years of observation and interviews with activists in Phoenix, Arizona, Kathryn Abrams explains how the practices of |
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The Oppositional Citizenship of the NotiMore | 5 |
Confronting Attrition through Enforcement | 21 |
PART TWO BUILDING A MOVEMENT | 45 |
Performative Citizenship and the Adios Arpaio Campaign | 74 |
The Oppositional Awakening of the Undocumented | 97 |
Deportation Campaign | 126 |
The Asset Map of the Movement | 159 |
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