Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family

Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family

by Laura E. Enriquez
Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family

Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family

by Laura E. Enriquez

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Of Love and Papers explores how immigration policies are fundamentally reshaping Latino families. Drawing on two waves of interviews with undocumented young adults, Enriquez investigates how immigration status creeps into the most personal aspects of everyday life, intersecting with gender to constrain family formation. The imprint of illegality remains, even upon obtaining DACA or permanent residency.

Interweaving the perspectives of US citizen romantic partners and children, Enriquez illustrates the multigenerational punishment that limits the upward mobility of Latino families. Of Love and Papers sparks an intimate understanding of contemporary US immigration policies and their enduring consequences for immigrant families.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520975484
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 04/28/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 184
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Laura E. Enriquez is Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine. 

Table of Contents

List of Tables vii

Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1 Forming Families in a Context of Illegality 1

Chapter 2 "It's Because He Wants Papers": Choosing a Romantic Partner 23

Chapter 3 "You Feel a Little Bit Less": Gendered Illegality and Desirability When Dating 45

Chapter 4 "It Affects Us, Our Future": Negotiating Illegality as a Mixed-Status Couple 69

Chapter 5 "It Was Time to Take That Step": Pursuing Legalization through Marriage 90

Chapter 6 "It's a Constant Struggle": Becoming and Being Parents 115

Chapter 7 "I Can't Offer Them What Other People Could": Multigenerational Punishment of Citizen Children 135

Chapter 8 Immigration Policy and the Future of Latino Families 157

Appendix A Reflections on Methods and Positionality 171

Appendix B Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants 179

Notes 189

References 201

Index 221

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