Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807001677)

A longtime immigration activist explores what it means to be an undocumented American--revealing the ever-shifting nature of status in the U.S.--in this "impassioned and well-reported case for change (New York Times)

In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how "illegality" and "undocumentedness" are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status--and to what ends.

Blending history with human drama, Chomsky explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic, and historical context. The result is a powerful testament of the complex, contradictory, and ever-shifting nature of status in America.

Author: Aviva Chomsky
ISBN-10: 0807001678
ISBN-13: 9780807001677
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2014
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/20/2014
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2014
New York Times Book Review 07/06/2014 pg. 26
Choice 11/01/2014 pg. 489