Description: Precarious Protections : Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the United States, Paperback by Galli, Chiara, ISBN 0520391918, ISBN-13 9780520391918, Brand New, Free shipping in the US More children than ever are crossing international borders alone to seek asylum worldwide. In the past decade, over a half million children have fled from Central America to the United States, seeking safety and a chance to continue lives halted by violence. Yet upon their arrival, they fail to find the protection that our laws promise, based on the universally shared belief that children should be safeguarded. A meticulously researched ethnography, Precarious Protections chronicles the experiences and perspectives of Central American unaccompanied minors and their immigration attorneys as they pursue applications for refugee status in the US asylum process. Chiara Galli debunks assumptions about asylum, including the idea that people are being denied protection because they file bogus claims. Instead, the United States interprets asylum law far more narrowly than what is necessary to recognize real-world experiences of escape from life-threatening violence, particularly those experiences unique to children in Central America. Galli reveals the formidable challenges of lawyering with children and exposes the human toll of the US immigration bureaucracy.
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Book Title: Precarious Protections : Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the United States
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.1 in
Topic: Children's Studies, Emigration & Immigration, General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Law, Social Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Chiara Galli
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
