Fragile Families: Foster Care, Immigration, and Citizenship

by Naomi Glenn Rodriguez

In the past decade, debates over immigrant rights and family rights, and accompanying concerns over birthright citizenship, have taken center stage in popular media and mainstream political debates. These debates, however, frequently overlook the role of the public child welfare system in the United States--the agency charged with protecting children and maintaining the integrity of families. Based on research conducted in the San Diego-Tijuana...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812249380
• ISBN13: 9780812249385
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"