Family Legal Vulnerability: How Immigration Policy Shapes the Lives of Latino College Students - Hardcover

$160.20

Family Legal Vulnerability: How Immigration Policy Shapes the Lives of Latino College Students - Hardcover

Name: Family Legal Vulnerability: How Immigration Policy Shapes the Lives of Latino College Students - Hardcover
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781479837342
Price: 160.20 USD
Availability: InStock

by Laura E. Enriquez , Cecilia Ayón , Jennifer R. Nájera

$160.20

Book Overview

How college students in mixed-status families are affected by immigration policies

Focusing on Latinx students attending the University of California, Family Legal Vulnerability exposes how their educational experiences and social mobility are shaped not only by their own immigration status, but also by their family members' undocumented immigration status. The authors introduce the concept of "family legal vulnerability" as a novel framework that captures how undocumented and mixed-status immigrant families collectively experience deportability, economic insecurity, discrimination, social exclusion, and legal uncertainty.

The authors show how the adverse effects of family legal vulnerability are similar for both college students who are undocumented and U.S. citizens with undocumented parents. Cascading consequences emerge among immigration-impacted students as family legal vulnerability compromises their mental and emotional health, academic success, and political engagement.

The book also illustrates how students demonstrate agency as they negotiate family legal vulnerability, seeking out ways to bolster their individual and collective flourishing. Ultimately, this book calls on scholars, policy makers, and university administrators to account for family legal vulnerability when considering how immigration policies undermine students' college experiences and to identify actionable practices to advance greater equity and inclusion.

ISBN	9781479837342
Author	Laura E. Enriquez , Cecilia Ayón , Jennifer R. Nájera
Publisher	New York University Press
Genre	Education and Society & culture
Format	Hardcover
Published	January 2026
Language	ENG- English
Pages	352
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

1% fer Each of the Seven Seas

Every purchase sends 7% of our profits to The Ocean Cleanup. No fine print, no opt-in — just how we sail.

Whoever Ye Be, Welcome Aboard

Queer lit, music, art, philosophy, fiction — stories for every kind of soul. Come as ye are, matey.

More by Laura E. Enriquez