{"product_id":"forgotten-citizens-deportation-children-and-the-making-of-american-exiles-and-orphans-9780190211127","title":"Forgotten Citizens: Deportation, Children, and the Making of American Exiles and Orphans","description":"The United States Constitution insures that all persons born in the US are citizens with equal protection under the law. But in today's America, the US-born children of undocumented immigrants--over four million of them--do not enjoy fully the benefits of citizenship or of feeling that they\u003cbr\u003ebelong. Children in mixed-status families are forgotten in the loud and discordant immigration debate. They live under the constant threat that their parents will suddenly be deported. Their parents face impossible decisions: make their children exiles or make them orphans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Forgotten Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e, Luis Zayas holds a mirror to a nation in crisis, providing invaluable perspectives for anyone brave enough to look. Zayas draws on his extensive work as a mental health clinician and researcher to present the most complete picture yet of how immigration policy subverts\u003cbr\u003echildren's rights, harms their mental health, and leaves lasting psychological trauma. We meet Virginia, a kindergartener so terrified of revealing her family's status that she took her father's warning \u003cem\u003edon't say anything \u003c\/em\u003eso literally she hadn't spoken in school in over a year. We hear from\u003cbr\u003eBrandon, exiled with his family to Mexico, who worries that his father will die in the desert trying to immigrate again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChildren like Virginia and Brandon have been silenced and their stories largely overlooked in the broader debates about immigration policy. As this book demonstrates, we can no longer afford to ignore them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luis Zayas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190211127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuis Zayas, PhD, \u003c\/strong\u003e is Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin and the Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLatinas Attempting Suicide: When Cultures, Families, and Daughters Collide\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40042119037043,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4a918459-4229-402c-a836-4c747bba014f.jpg?v=1651014241","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/forgotten-citizens-deportation-children-and-the-making-of-american-exiles-and-orphans-9780190211127","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}