Jane Lilly López
Biographic Data
| ID | 3685446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Lilly López |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane Lilly |
| FAMILY NAME | López |
| SIGNATURE | LÓPEZ J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham Young University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8000-3433 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Virtuality for Real Children: Unaccompanied Minors and US Immigration Custody
Executive Summary In the United States, federal law charges the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with responsibility for the custody and care of unaccompanied migrant children. Since April 2021, more than 1,250 child migrants have experienced what ORR terms a “Virtual” program placement while in its custody. ORR has not: explained what its use of virtuality means for the children in its care, defined Virtual as a program placement type, set f…
Racialized unaccompanied minors: African children in United States immigration detention
Border policing and enforcement produce “spectacles” foregrounding the “illegality” of migrants of all ages. These practices reinforce policies that racialize meanings of citizenship. The United States government’s detention of unaccompanied migrant children qualifies as one such “spectacle,” yet little research has examined the disparate treatment children receive based on their region of origin. We use a complete census of all unaccompanied mig…
Unaccompanied Migrant Children in US Government Custody: 2014–2023
Between October 1, 2014, and March 1, 2023, the US Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) took custody of 568,890 unaccompanied migrant children. Drawing on a unique dataset that ORR produced in response to Freedom of Information Act requests and litigation, we provide the first comprehensive, long-term demographic study of the population of unaccompanied migrant children while in ORR custody. Our analysis reveals the children's differential treatm…
Witches, Victims, and Villains: MeToo and the Political Polarization of Sexual Violence
MeToo sought to combat sexual violence but evolved into a polarizing movement in the United States. Using a random sample of 5,153 tweets with #MeToo posted between 2017 and 2019 to explore the language and themes individuals use to polarize conversations around sexual violence, we find that MeToo supporters used rights-and-justice-focused language to advocate for survivors. In contrast, MeToo detractors employed legal and violent language to vic…
In/Visible Line: The Physical and Symbolic Power of the US-Mexico Border
What does the US-Mexico border mean to people whose marriages are defined by – and defy – this international boundary? Through an analysis of in-depth interviews with 42 mixed-citizenship US-Mexican couples, I demonstrate the imagery and symbolisms mixed-citizenship couples evoke to make meaning of the border in their lives. I find that an individual's initial encounter with the border, each couple's current proximity to the border, and the non-c…
Success as self-determination: A Subject-Centred Analysis of Immigrants' Definitions and Perceptions of Success
What does it mean for an immigrant to be successful? Significant research on immigrant integration and success has utilised ‘objective’ measures – such as income, educational attainment, and occupation – to evaluate immigrant (group) success and attainment. But those measures often do not capture details of immigrants’ lived experiences nor their own perceptions of success. We explore this dissonance between objective and subjective understanding…
“It Happened When I Was Connecting to the Community…”: Multiple Pathways to Migrant (Non)Belonging in a New Destination Setting
Migrants' sense of belonging in their country and community of residence has direct effects on their health and wellbeing. A diverse set of case studies suggest that legal immigration status plays a primary role in shaping migrants' opportunities for and experiences of belonging. Few of these studies, though, have examined belonging for migrants with varied legal immigration statuses living in the same receiving context, limiting our understandin…
Misplacing Ogden, Utah: Race, Class, Immigration, and the Construction of Urban Reputations
Shades of Belonging: The Intersection of Race and Religion in Utah Immigrants' Social Integration
Utah, USA, a state with a unique history of immigration and a distinctive religious context, provides a useful setting in which to study the intersection of racism and religious participation with immigrant integration. Utah is one of the Whitest states in the United States, with 4 of every 5 residents identifying as non-Hispanic White. It is also home to the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) which, unti…
Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families
Together and apart: Transnational life in the US-Mexico border region
The term ‘transnationalism’ evokes notions of unity and strong bonds cultivated across international borders, and scholars of transnationalism have highlighted the ways in which international migrants’ cross-border ties have reduced the social and emotional distance between home and host communities. Based on data from interviews with 24 mixed-citizenship couples living in Mexican border cities, I find that the experience of transnationalism for …
Policy Design and the Politics of City Revenue: Evidence from California Municipal Ballot Measures
Residents of the United States rely on municipal governments to deliver important public goods but are often reluctant to pay for those goods. Can tax policy design affect voters’ propensity to say yes to local taxes? We answer this question by analyzing a new database of 929 tax increases of heterogeneous design that were proposed to California voters from 1996 to 2010. We find that voters’ willingness to raise a municipal tax varies with the ch…
Redefining American Families: The Disparate Effects of Iirira's Automatic Bars to Reentry and Sponsorship Requirements on Mixed-Citizenship Couples
With passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), the goal of discouraging illegal immigration and the legal immigration of the poor triumphed over the longstanding goal of family unity in US immigration policy. This shift resulted in policy changes that prevent some mixed-citizenship families from accessing family reunification benefits for the immigrant relatives of US citizens. Two specific eleme…
Redefining American Families: The Disparate Effects of Iirira’s Automatic Bars to Reentry and Sponsorship Requirements on Mixed-Citizenship Couples
Impossible Families: Mixed‐Citizenship Status Couples and the Law
This article explores the complex and contradictory relationship between citizenship in the law and the immigrant reality of mixed‐citizenship family life through in‐depth interviews with individuals in mixed‐citizenship marriages. An examination of mixed‐citizenship marriage exposes the inadequacies of approaching citizenship as an individual‐centered concept. The data indicate that, though both immigration and citizenship laws focus on the indi…
Impossible Families: Mixed‐Citizenship Status Couples and the Law
This article explores the complex and contradictory relationship between citizenship in the law and the immigrant reality of mixed‐citizenship family life through in‐depth interviews with individuals in mixed‐citizenship marriages. An examination of mixed‐citizenship marriage exposes the inadequacies of approaching citizenship as an individual‐centered concept. The data indicate that, though both immigration and citizenship laws focus on the indi…
Policy Design and the Politics of City Revenue: Evidence from California Municipal Ballot Measures
Residents of the United States rely on municipal governments to deliver important public goods but are often reluctant to pay for those goods. Can tax policy design affect voters’ propensity to say yes to local taxes? We answer this question by analyzing a new database of 929 tax increases of heterogeneous design that were proposed to California voters from 1996 to 2010. We find that voters’ willingness to raise a municipal tax varies with the ch…
Shades of Belonging: The Intersection of Race and Religion in Utah Immigrants' Social Integration
Utah, USA, a state with a unique history of immigration and a distinctive religious context, provides a useful setting in which to study the intersection of racism and religious participation with immigrant integration. Utah is one of the Whitest states in the United States, with 4 of every 5 residents identifying as non-Hispanic White. It is also home to the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) which, unti…
Witches, Victims, and Villains: MeToo and the Political Polarization of Sexual Violence
MeToo sought to combat sexual violence but evolved into a polarizing movement in the United States. Using a random sample of 5,153 tweets with #MeToo posted between 2017 and 2019 to explore the language and themes individuals use to polarize conversations around sexual violence, we find that MeToo supporters used rights-and-justice-focused language to advocate for survivors. In contrast, MeToo detractors employed legal and violent language to vic…
Success as self-determination: A Subject-Centred Analysis of Immigrants' Definitions and Perceptions of Success
What does it mean for an immigrant to be successful? Significant research on immigrant integration and success has utilised ‘objective’ measures – such as income, educational attainment, and occupation – to evaluate immigrant (group) success and attainment. But those measures often do not capture details of immigrants’ lived experiences nor their own perceptions of success. We explore this dissonance between objective and subjective understanding…
Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families
Together and apart: Transnational life in the US-Mexico border region
The term ‘transnationalism’ evokes notions of unity and strong bonds cultivated across international borders, and scholars of transnationalism have highlighted the ways in which international migrants’ cross-border ties have reduced the social and emotional distance between home and host communities. Based on data from interviews with 24 mixed-citizenship couples living in Mexican border cities, I find that the experience of transnationalism for …
Redefining American Families: The Disparate Effects of Iirira's Automatic Bars to Reentry and Sponsorship Requirements on Mixed-Citizenship Couples
With passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), the goal of discouraging illegal immigration and the legal immigration of the poor triumphed over the longstanding goal of family unity in US immigration policy. This shift resulted in policy changes that prevent some mixed-citizenship families from accessing family reunification benefits for the immigrant relatives of US citizens. Two specific eleme…
Impossible Families: Mixed‐Citizenship Status Couples and the Law
This article explores the complex and contradictory relationship between citizenship in the law and the immigrant reality of mixed‐citizenship family life through in‐depth interviews with individuals in mixed‐citizenship marriages. An examination of mixed‐citizenship marriage exposes the inadequacies of approaching citizenship as an individual‐centered concept. The data indicate that, though both immigration and citizenship laws focus on the indi…
Redefining American Families: The Disparate Effects of Iirira's Automatic Bars to Reentry and Sponsorship Requirements on Mixed-Citizenship Couples
With passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), the goal of discouraging illegal immigration and the legal immigration of the poor triumphed over the longstanding goal of family unity in US immigration policy. This shift resulted in policy changes that prevent some mixed-citizenship families from accessing family reunification benefits for the immigrant relatives of US citizens. Two specific eleme…
Redefining American Families: The Disparate Effects of Iirira’s Automatic Bars to Reentry and Sponsorship Requirements on Mixed-Citizenship Couples
Policy Design and the Politics of City Revenue: Evidence from California Municipal Ballot Measures
Residents of the United States rely on municipal governments to deliver important public goods but are often reluctant to pay for those goods. Can tax policy design affect voters’ propensity to say yes to local taxes? We answer this question by analyzing a new database of 929 tax increases of heterogeneous design that were proposed to California voters from 1996 to 2010. We find that voters’ willingness to raise a municipal tax varies with the ch…
Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families
Together and apart: Transnational life in the US-Mexico border region
The term ‘transnationalism’ evokes notions of unity and strong bonds cultivated across international borders, and scholars of transnationalism have highlighted the ways in which international migrants’ cross-border ties have reduced the social and emotional distance between home and host communities. Based on data from interviews with 24 mixed-citizenship couples living in Mexican border cities, I find that the experience of transnationalism for …
Shades of Belonging: The Intersection of Race and Religion in Utah Immigrants' Social Integration
Utah, USA, a state with a unique history of immigration and a distinctive religious context, provides a useful setting in which to study the intersection of racism and religious participation with immigrant integration. Utah is one of the Whitest states in the United States, with 4 of every 5 residents identifying as non-Hispanic White. It is also home to the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) which, unti…
“It Happened When I Was Connecting to the Community…”: Multiple Pathways to Migrant (Non)Belonging in a New Destination Setting
Migrants' sense of belonging in their country and community of residence has direct effects on their health and wellbeing. A diverse set of case studies suggest that legal immigration status plays a primary role in shaping migrants' opportunities for and experiences of belonging. Few of these studies, though, have examined belonging for migrants with varied legal immigration statuses living in the same receiving context, limiting our understandin…
Misplacing Ogden, Utah: Race, Class, Immigration, and the Construction of Urban Reputations
Witches, Victims, and Villains: MeToo and the Political Polarization of Sexual Violence
MeToo sought to combat sexual violence but evolved into a polarizing movement in the United States. Using a random sample of 5,153 tweets with #MeToo posted between 2017 and 2019 to explore the language and themes individuals use to polarize conversations around sexual violence, we find that MeToo supporters used rights-and-justice-focused language to advocate for survivors. In contrast, MeToo detractors employed legal and violent language to vic…
In/Visible Line: The Physical and Symbolic Power of the US-Mexico Border
What does the US-Mexico border mean to people whose marriages are defined by – and defy – this international boundary? Through an analysis of in-depth interviews with 42 mixed-citizenship US-Mexican couples, I demonstrate the imagery and symbolisms mixed-citizenship couples evoke to make meaning of the border in their lives. I find that an individual's initial encounter with the border, each couple's current proximity to the border, and the non-c…
Success as self-determination: A Subject-Centred Analysis of Immigrants' Definitions and Perceptions of Success
What does it mean for an immigrant to be successful? Significant research on immigrant integration and success has utilised ‘objective’ measures – such as income, educational attainment, and occupation – to evaluate immigrant (group) success and attainment. But those measures often do not capture details of immigrants’ lived experiences nor their own perceptions of success. We explore this dissonance between objective and subjective understanding…
Virtuality for Real Children: Unaccompanied Minors and US Immigration Custody
Executive Summary In the United States, federal law charges the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) with responsibility for the custody and care of unaccompanied migrant children. Since April 2021, more than 1,250 child migrants have experienced what ORR terms a “Virtual” program placement while in its custody. ORR has not: explained what its use of virtuality means for the children in its care, defined Virtual as a program placement type, set f…
Racialized unaccompanied minors: African children in United States immigration detention
Border policing and enforcement produce “spectacles” foregrounding the “illegality” of migrants of all ages. These practices reinforce policies that racialize meanings of citizenship. The United States government’s detention of unaccompanied migrant children qualifies as one such “spectacle,” yet little research has examined the disparate treatment children receive based on their region of origin. We use a complete census of all unaccompanied mig…
Unaccompanied Migrant Children in US Government Custody: 2014–2023
Between October 1, 2014, and March 1, 2023, the US Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) took custody of 568,890 unaccompanied migrant children. Drawing on a unique dataset that ORR produced in response to Freedom of Information Act requests and litigation, we provide the first comprehensive, long-term demographic study of the population of unaccompanied migrant children while in ORR custody. Our analysis reveals the children's differential treatm…
Political science (13 works) · Immigration (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (8 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Citizenship (5 works)