Shifting Boundaries: Immigrant Youth Negotiating National, State, and Small-Town Politics

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Alexis M. Silver

Shifting Boundaries

Immigrant Youth Negotiating National, State, and Small-Town Politics

Alexis M. Silver

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Stanford University Press
27 March 2018

Migration, immigration & emigration; Hispanic & Latino studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Central government policies; Regional government policies

As politicians debate how to address the estimated eleven million unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States, undocumented youth anxiously await the next policy shift that will determine their futures. From one day to the next, their dreams are as likely to crumble around them as to come within reach. In Shifting Boundaries, Alexis M. Silver sheds light on the currents of exclusion and incorporation that characterize their lives.

Silver examines the experiences of immigrant youth growing up in a small town in North Carolina-a state that experienced unprecedented growth in its Latino population in the 1990s and 2000s, and where aggressive anti-immigration policies have been enforced. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interview data, she finds that contradictory policies at the national, state, and local levels interact to create a complex environment through which the youth must navigate. From heritage-based school programs to state-wide bans on attending community college; from the failure of the DREAM Act to the rescinding of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); each layer represents profound implications for undocumented Latino youth. Silver exposes the constantly changing pathways that shape their journeys into early adulthood-and the profound resilience that they develop along the way.

By: Alexis M. Silver
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781503605749
ISBN 10: 1503605744
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 27 March 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alexis M. Silver is Associate Professor of Sociology at Purchase College, State University of New York.

Reviews for Shifting Boundaries: Immigrant Youth Negotiating National, State, and Small-Town Politics

Alexis Silver has written a terrific book. This extraordinary study provides a fresh perspective on immigrant incorporation and the importance of place during political instability. Rich in detail, persuasively argued, and novel in its approach, this timely and relevant book shines an important light on the resilience of young immigrants in the face of unsettling and changing times. -- Roberto G. Gonzales * author of <i>Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America</i> * Shifting Boundaries provides a compelling argument for understanding the plight of undocumented youths as they inch their way toward-and take alternative routes to-integration when the path seems impassable...Most of all, this book offers a profound analysis that shows the humanity of undocumented immigrants within an increasingly hostile national context. --Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, American Journal of Sociology Thoroughly researched and elegantly written, Shifting Boundaries tells the poignant story of undocumented Latino immigrants coming of age in small-town America. Alexis Silver's narrative, both timeless and timely, is a must-read for anyone interested in America's tortuous immigration debates and the challenges they present for immigrant youth. -- Jacqueline Hagan * The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *