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Legal phantoms : executive action and the haunting failures of immigration law / Jennifer M. Chacón, Susan Bibler Coutin, and Stephen Lee.

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"The 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was supposed to be a stepping stone, a policy innovation announced by the White House designed to put pressure on Congress for a broader, lasting set of legislative changes. Those changes never materialized, and the people who hope...

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Main Authors: Chacón, Jennifer, 1972- (Author), Coutin, Susan Bibler (Author), Lee, Stephen, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration law > United States.
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (U.S.)
Children of noncitizens > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Noncitizens > United States.
Illegal immigration > United States.
Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis.
Immigration clandestine > États-Unis.
Children of undocumented immigrants.
Table of Contents:
  • Enforcement
  • Discretion
  • Uncertainty
  • Advocacy
  • Experiencing local enforcement
  • Performing citizenship.

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