{"product_id":"immigrant-rights-in-the-nuevo-south","title":"Immigrant Rights in the Nuevo South","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery day, undocumented immigrants are rendered vulnerable through policies and practices that illegalize them. Moreover, they are socially constructed into dangerous criminals and taxpayer burdens who are undeserving of rights, dignity, and respect. Meghan Conley’s timely book, \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Rights in the Nuevo South, \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to expose and challenge these dehumanizing ideas and practices by\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eexamining the connections between repression and resistance for unauthorized immigrants in communities across the American Southeast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConley uses on-the-ground interviews to describe fear and resistance from the perspective of those most affected by it. She shows how, for example, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act in Georgia prompted marches and an action that became “a day of non-compliance.” Likewise, an “enforcement lottery” that created unpredictable threats of arrest and deportation in the region mobilized immigrants to organize and demonstrate. However, as immigrant rights activists mobilize in opposition to the criminalization of undocumented people, they may unintentionally embrace stories of who deserves to be in the United States and who does not. \u003ci\u003eImmigrant Rights in the Nuevo South \u003c\/i\u003eexplores these paradoxes while offering keen observations about the nature and power of Latinx resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54226471780696,"sku":"9781439916452","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781439916452__677415001e234_6a783c2d-9cda-4f7a-960b-fb6c011c3571.jpg?v=1741156373","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/immigrant-rights-in-the-nuevo-south","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}