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First published in 2016 by Polity Press

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Menjivar, Cecilia.
Immigrant families / Cecilia Menjivar, Leisy J. Abrego, Leah C. Schmalzbauer.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-7456-7015-7 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-7456-7016-4 (paperback) 1. Immigrant families--United States--Social conditions. 2. United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects. 3. Immigrant families--Law and legislation--United States. 4. Emigration and immigration law--United States. 5. United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy. I. Abrego, Leisy J. II. Title.
JV6475.M46 2016
305.9’069120973--dc23

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the many people and entities that made the writing of this book possible. We were fortunate to receive persistent and enthusiastic support from our editor at Polity, Jonathan Skerrett. Manuela Tecusan was a thorough and patient copyeditor. We would also like to gratefully acknowledge the research assistance of Alexander Agadjanian, Daniel R. Alvord, Jacqueline Caraves, Andrea Gómez Cervantes, William McDonald, and Nayely Velez-Cruz.

Cecilia Menjívar would like to thank the Cowden Distinguished Professorship at Arizona State University and the Foundation Distinguished Professorship at the University of Kansas for important resources and institutional support. Leisy Abrego would like to thank Carlos Colorado for his assistance and to recognize the institutional support received from the Hellman Fellows Fund and the Center for American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA. Leah Schmalzbauer would like to thank the Department of Anthropology and Sociology and the Department of American Studies at Amherst College for their support throughout this project.

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We dedicate this book to all the families we have met during our respective studies in immigrant communities over the years. We have been inspired by their courage and have aimed to capture their humanity and the complexity of their lives in the pages that follow.

We also dedicate this book to our own families, as they play important roles in the work we do:

To Victor and Sasha, to my siblings Ana and Oscar, and to my nieces and nephews—Cecilia

To Carlos, Mateo, and Diego, and to my siblings Claudia, Tatiana, and Natalie—Leisy

To Steve, Micah, and Zola, to my sister Anna, and to my nieces and nephew—Leah