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    Chapter 4. “It Affects Us, Our Future”: Negotiating Illegality as a Mixed-Status Couple
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        Laura E. Enriquez
        
 
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
 - Contents v
 - Tables vii
 - Acknowledgments ix
 - Chapter 1. Forming Families in a Context of Illegality 1
 - Chapter 2. “It’s Because He Wants Papers”: Choosing a Romantic Partner 23
 - Chapter 3. “You Feel a Little Bit Less”: Gendered Illegality and Desirability When Dating 45
 - Chapter 4. “It Affects Us, Our Future”: Negotiating Illegality as a Mixed-Status Couple 69
 - Chapter 5. “It Was Time to Take That Step”: Pursuing Legalization through Marriage 90
 - Chapter 6. “It’s a Constant Struggle”: Becoming and Being Parents 115
 - Chapter 7. “I Can’t Offer Them What Other People Could”: Multigenerational Punishment of Citizen Children 135
 - Chapter 8. Immigration Policy and the Future of Latino Families 157
 - Appendix A. Reflections on Methods and Positionality 171
 - Appendix B. Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants 179
 - NOTES 189
 - References 201
 - INDEX 221
 
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
 - Contents v
 - Tables vii
 - Acknowledgments ix
 - Chapter 1. Forming Families in a Context of Illegality 1
 - Chapter 2. “It’s Because He Wants Papers”: Choosing a Romantic Partner 23
 - Chapter 3. “You Feel a Little Bit Less”: Gendered Illegality and Desirability When Dating 45
 - Chapter 4. “It Affects Us, Our Future”: Negotiating Illegality as a Mixed-Status Couple 69
 - Chapter 5. “It Was Time to Take That Step”: Pursuing Legalization through Marriage 90
 - Chapter 6. “It’s a Constant Struggle”: Becoming and Being Parents 115
 - Chapter 7. “I Can’t Offer Them What Other People Could”: Multigenerational Punishment of Citizen Children 135
 - Chapter 8. Immigration Policy and the Future of Latino Families 157
 - Appendix A. Reflections on Methods and Positionality 171
 - Appendix B. Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants 179
 - NOTES 189
 - References 201
 - INDEX 221