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Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era This page intentionally left blank Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era Ming Hsu Chen Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 2020 by Ming Hsu Chen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of Amer i ca on acid- free, archival- quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Chen, Ming Hsu, author. Title: Pursuing citizenship in the enforcement era / Ming Hsu Chen. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019053660 (print) | LCCN 2019053661 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503608160 (cloth) | ISBN 9781503612754 (paperback) | ISBN 9781503612761 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Citizenship—United States. | Immigrants—United States. | Naturalization—United States. | Emigration and immigration law— United States. | United States—Emigration and immigration—Government policy. Classification: LCC JK1759 .C46 2020 (print) | LCC JK1759 (ebook) | DDC 323.6/20973—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053660 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053661 Cover design: Christian Fuenfhausen Typeset by Westchester Publishing Ser vices in 10/14 Minion Pro For Maya This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowl edgments ix 1 Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era 1 PART I. INSTITUTIONAL SHORTCOMINGS 2 Unequal Citizenship: Gaps in Formal and Substantive Citizenship 21 3 Winding Pathways to Citizenship 40 PART II. STORIES OF IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION DURING ENFORCEMENT 4 Barriers to Formal Citizenship 61 5 Blocked Pathways to Full Citizenship 87 PART III. A WAY FORWARD 6 Constructing Pathways to Full Citizenship 111 Appendix: Research Methods and Data 133 Notes 145 Bibliography 193 Index 209 This page intentionally left blank Acknowl edgments This book is based on interviews with more than one hundred immigrants about their experiences pursuing citizenship. So I first want to thank the im- migrants, immigration l awyers, and community organ izations who talked with me about their challenges and introduced me to o thers willing to do the same. Thanks especially to Harry Budisidharta from the Asian Pacific Devel- opment Center, Claudia Castillo from the Colorado Immigrant Rights Co ali- tion, Kit Taintor from the Colorado Department of Refugee Ser vices, Tracy Harper from the Colorado African Organ ization, Anita Stuehler from the Boulder Library citizenship class, Leigh Alpert from American Immigration Lawyers Association Naturalization Drives, Carla Castedo from the Mi Fa- milia Vota citizenship workshops, and David Aragon and Diana Salazar from the University of Colorado. Second, I want to acknowledge the law students who worked tirelessly to help recruit participants for interviews, conduct them, and transcribe them: Edyael Casaperalta, Ashlyn Kahler- Rios, Fernanda Loza, Zak New, Julie Schneider, Daimeon Shanks, Ryan Thompson, Tierney Tobin, and Travis Weiner. Edelina Burciaga partnered with me on DACA interviews. Interpreting immigrant experiences and weaving them into the narratives needed for a book has involved countless conversations. Many of t hese sense- making conversations occurred in workshops and conferences on immigrant integration: a University of Colorado Law School book workshop and faculty colloquium, University of California Berkeley Interdisciplinary Immigration Workshop, the Center for the Study of Law and Society, the Colorado Im- migration Scholars Network, the University of Colorado Immigration and Citizenship Law Program, the University of Colorado Institute for Behavioral Science, the Law and Society Association’s Annual Meeting panels on citi- zenship and migration, American Association of Law Schools Immigration
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