Serving Refugee Children shows the struggles and traumatic experiences
that unaccompanied and undocumented children undergo they seek safety
in the United States and instead find imprisonment, separation from
their families, and immigration enforcement raids. Current legislation
and bureaucracy limit publication of first-person narratives from
unaccompanied and undocumented children, but service providers and
grassroots activists authoring the pieces in this collection bear
witness to the children’s brave human spirits in their search for
safety in the United States. Through the power of storytelling,
Serving Refugee Children exposes the many hardships unaccompanied and
undocumented children endure, including current detention center
conditions. No child should have to live the persecution suffered by
children featured in these stories, nor should they have to embark
upon perilous journeys across Latin America or be subjected to the
difficult immigration court process unaided. Researchers and readers
who believe that the emotional bonding of storytelling can humanize
discussions and lead to immigration policies that foster a culture of
engagement and interconnectedness will be interested in this volume.
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Listening to Stories of Detention in the USA
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781433179501
Publisert
2021
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Peter Lang
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter