Immigrant Rights in the Nuevo South
Subtitle: Enforcement and Resistance at the Borderlands of Illegality
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781439916445
Subjects: Latin america, social conditions; Immigrants; Illegal aliens; Southern states, politics and government
Description: "Unauthorized immigrants in the southeastern United States encounter communities unused to their new Latino neighbors and quick to call law enforcement. The precariousness of this way of life leads immigrant communities and allies to organize and demonstrate to secure legal rights, but these actions risk backlash depending on local context"--