Undocumented Politics: Place, Gender, and the Pathways of Mexican Migrants by...

University of California Press

Undocumented PoliticsPlace, Gender, and the Pathways of Mexican Migrants\nAuthor(s): Abigail Leslie Andrews\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of California Press, United States\nImprint: University of California Press\nISBN-13: 9780520299979, 978-0520299979\nSynopsis\nIn 2018, more than eleven million undocumented immigrants lived in the United States. Not since slavery had so many [url] residents held so few political rights. Many strove tirelessly to belong. Others turned to their homelands for hope. What explains their clashing strategies of inclusion? And how does gender play into these fights?\nUndocumented Politicsoffers a gripping inquiry into migrant communities struggles for rights and resources across the [url] divide. For twenty-one months,AbigailAndrews lived with two groups of migrants and their families in the mountains of Mexico and in the barrios of Southern California. Her nuanced comparison reveals how local laws and power dynamics shape migrants agency. And.