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Oxford University Press, USA
Socially Undocumented: Identity and Immigration Justice
Socially Undocumented: Identity and Immigration Justice
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What does it really mean to be undocumented, particularly in the contemporary United States? Political philosophers, immigration policy makers, and others have tended to define the term undocumented migrant legalistically-that is, in terms of lacking legal authorization to live and work in
one's current country of residence. In Socially Undocumented, Reed-Sandoval challenges this legalistic understanding by arguing that being socially undocumented is to possess a real, visible, and embodied social identity that does not always track one's legal status. She further argues that
achieving immigration justice in the U.S. (and elsewhere) requires a philosophical understanding of the racialized, class-based, and gendered components of socially undocumented identity and oppression. Socially Undocumented offers a new vision of immigration justice by integrating a descriptive and phenomenological account of socially undocumented identity with a normative and political account of how the oppression with which it is associated ought to be dealt with as a matter of social justice.
It also addresses concrete ethical challenges such as the question of whether open borders are morally required, the militarization of the Mexico-U.S. border, the perilous journey that many migrants undertake to get to the United States, the difficult experiences of the women who cross U.S. borders
seeking prenatal care while pregnant, and more.
Author: Amy Reed-Sandoval
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/23/2020
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780190619817
one's current country of residence. In Socially Undocumented, Reed-Sandoval challenges this legalistic understanding by arguing that being socially undocumented is to possess a real, visible, and embodied social identity that does not always track one's legal status. She further argues that
achieving immigration justice in the U.S. (and elsewhere) requires a philosophical understanding of the racialized, class-based, and gendered components of socially undocumented identity and oppression. Socially Undocumented offers a new vision of immigration justice by integrating a descriptive and phenomenological account of socially undocumented identity with a normative and political account of how the oppression with which it is associated ought to be dealt with as a matter of social justice.
It also addresses concrete ethical challenges such as the question of whether open borders are morally required, the militarization of the Mexico-U.S. border, the perilous journey that many migrants undertake to get to the United States, the difficult experiences of the women who cross U.S. borders
seeking prenatal care while pregnant, and more.
Author: Amy Reed-Sandoval
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/23/2020
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780190619817
About the Author
Amy Reed-Sandoval is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research focuses on themes in political philosophy, Latin American and Latinx philosophy, feminist philosophy, and bioethics. She is the founding director of the Oaxaca Philosophy for
Children Initiative in Oaxaca City, Mexico, and the Philosophy for Children in the Borderlands program in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
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