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Enduring Illegality: Time and the State of Waiting in Undocumented Middle Life

by Garc

Decades of waiting in undocumented middle life

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Decades of waiting in undocumented middle life

Drawing on longitudinal fieldwork, *Enduring Illegality* examines undocumented Mexican immigrants who came to the United States as young adults and have reached middle age without a path to legalization. Its focus on parents who would have qualified for the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program connects the experience of prolonged waiting to a specific, failed policy proposal. The book brings time and legal status together, tracing how the absence of a route to legalization extends across decades of people’s lives.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in immigration and emigration, especially undocumented Mexican immigrants’ experiences in the United States.
  • Readers studying immigration policy and the effects of prolonged legal uncertainty on parents and families.
  • Readers interested in longitudinal fieldwork on migration and middle age.

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Undocumented immigrationLegal and temporal suspensionWaiting and middle ageImmigration policy and family life

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Book overview

Enduring Illegality chronicles the lives of undocumented Mexican immigrants who have spent decades in the United States waiting for a path to legalization that has yet to arrive. Based on longitudinal fieldwork, this book traces how people who migrated as young adults have transitioned into middle age still undocumented, caught in a state of legal and temporal suspension. Focusing on parents who would have qualified for the failed Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program, Angela S. Garc

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