Returned Going and Coming in an Age of Deportation [Paperback]

Returnedfollows transnational Mexicans as they experience the alienation and unpredictability of deportation, tracing the particular ways that U.S. immigration policies and state removals affect families. Deportation—an emergent global order of social injustice—reaches far beyond the individual deportee, as family members with diverse U.S. immigration statuses, including U.S. citizens, also return after deportation or migrate for the first time. The book includes accounts of displacement, struggle, suffering, and profound loss but also of resilience, flexibility, and imaginings of what may come.Returnedtells the story of the chaos, and design, of deportation and its aftermath.

Deborah A. Boehmis Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies/Gender, Race and Identity at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the author ofIntimate Migrations: Gender, Family, and Illegality among Transnational Mexicans.

"Returned is a stellar and nuanced ethnographic exploration of the impact of deportation on Mexican families on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. It is a critical addition to existing work on transnationalism and migration, and required reading for academics and policy makers."—Susan J. Terrio, author of Judging Mohammed: Juvenile Delinquency, Immigration, and Exclusion at the Paris Palace of Justice

"In Returned, Deborah Boehm gives us a rich ethnography full of deep insights into the devastating effects of deportation on individuals and families, as well as on their children who are U.S. citizens. A must-read for anyone interested in Mexican migration to the United States and the unintended consequences of immigration policies."—Leo R. Chavez, author of Covering Immigration: Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation

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