The battle to stay in America : immigration's hidden front line

Summary: "The Battle to Stay in America is the story of a community learning to defend itself from the U.S. federal government's crackdown on immigrants. Told through the eyes of a lawyer on the front line, the book offers an introduction to a broken legal system"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781948908504
ISBN: 1948908506
ISBN: 9781948908511
Physical Description: print
x, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-195) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface: A note about word choice -- Part I: The targets. The graveyards of Nevada -- Plan B -- The cleaners -- Part II: The attack. The unaccompanied -- Two arrests -- Psychological warfare -- Part III: The defense. How to talk to your neighbors about immigration -- The strip mall resistance -- Dirty immigration lawyers -- The coming battle.