Clashing Values and Cross Purposes: Immigration Law’s Marginalization of Children and Families

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the devaluation of children’s interest by US immigration law, the focus of which is parent-centred families with lawful immigration status. It explores the disadvantages of children’s citizenship devaluation, including restricted public and social benefits. The chapter discusses how workplace immigration raids on mixed-status families by US immigration law enforcement create crisis scenarios for the children of the families. It concludes with the importance of altering the workplace raids policy of the immigration law and reforming the law to recognize the interests of the children.

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