Illegalizing” Families
State, Status, and Deportability NPS Christian Bay Best Paper Award Winner, Apsa 2018, Boston
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6308318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Gash (0000-0002-9498-2505, University of Oregon, corresponding author), Alison Gash (University of Oregon), Priscilla Yamin (0000-0002-9964-3430, University of Oregon) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07393148.2018.1560549 |
| OpenAlex | W2909623081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
There is a paradox within United States immigration policy. Immigration policy separates families while also promising family unity. We address this paradox by arguing that state actors use “family” as a state-granted status. The state perceives some households as families and grants them benefits, while forcing other households to live as legal strangers. Individuals may form familial relationships, but the privileges and status of family are controlled by state actors and institutions. When state actors separate low-wage immigrant worker families, the state’s family-status-granting power keeps these workers and their families in a state of “deportability”-a legally ambiguous limbo-satiating business interests and securing a captive low-wage workforce. Lacking legal legitimacy, but financially and socially tied to their families and communities in the U.S., these immigrants have few options but to accept off-the-radar work and to raise their children while living as “outlaws
Family Leave · Immigration · Immigration policy · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |