Parents without papers
Subtitle: the progress and pitfalls of Mexican-American integration
By: Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown and James D. Bachmeier
Contributors: Brown, Susan K. (Sociologist), author; Bachmeier, James D., author
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780871540423
Subjects: Hispanic American parents; Children of immigrants; Social integration; Cultural assimilation; Immigrants; Mexican Americans; Children of illegal aliens; Emigration and immigration
Other titles: Progress and pitfalls of Mexican-American integration
Description: "For several decades, Mexican immigrants in the United States have outnumbered those from any other country. Though the economy increasingly needs their labor, many remain unauthorized. In Parents Without Papers, immigration scholars Frank D. Bean, Susan K. Brown, and James D. Bachmeier document the extent to which the outsider status of these newcomers inflicts multiple hardships on their children and grandchildren. An innovative analysis of the transmission of advantage and disadvantage among Mexican Americans, Parents Without Papers presents a powerful case for immigration policy reforms that provide not only realistic levels of legal less-skilled migration but also attainable pathways to legalization. Such measures, combined with affordable access to college, are more important than ever for the integration of vulnerable Mexican immigrants and their descendants"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical perspectives on immigrant integration and beyond: introducing membership exclusion; title: Gauging Mexican American integration: research hypotheses and methodological considerations / with Jennifer Van Hook; title: The implications of unauthorized migration for the schooling of immigrants and their offspring / with Rosaura Conley-Estrada; title: Three-generational analyses of structural integration: education and income patterns / with Kris Noam and Rosaura Conley-Estrada; title: Spatial integration; title: The mosaic of sociocultural integration / with Kris Noam, Rosalio Cedillo, and Christopher D. Smith; title: Mexican migration and integration: trends, explanations, and implications for U.S. policy / with Esther Castillo; title: Conclusions and policy implications: integration and addressing workforce and inequality dilemmas.