Intensified Liminal Legality: The Impact of the DACA Rescission for Undocumented Young Adults in Colorado
Intensified Liminal Legality: The Impact of the DACA Rescission for Undocumented Young Adults in Colorado
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DOI：
10.1017/lsi.2021.8
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发表时间：
2021-11-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Malone, Aaron
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作者：
Burciaga, Edelina M.;Malone, Aaron
儿童抵达延迟行动(DACA)方案为符合条件的无证移民青年提供了重大好处。这些福利处于紧张状态，因为它们是暂时的，使DACA接受者的地位岌岌可危。在本文中，我们利用对科罗拉多州DACA接受者的调查和采访数据，以及社区利益相关者的采访和观察，来考察接受者在唐纳德·特朗普宣布打算终止该计划之前和之后的有限法律经验。聚焦于他们在教育、经济和情感领域的早熟经历，我们记录了失去DACA地位将对他们产生的负面和持久的后果。鉴于DACA计划的法律背景迅速变化，我们认为，根据政治背景和地点，极限合法性的强度有所不同。虽然没有证件的年轻人敏锐地意识到这一时刻的不确定性，但我们也展示了他们如何在日益有害的移民政策面前表现出韧性。DACA地位的基本合法性在最近的政治背景下恶化，突出表明迫切需要一个永久性的立法解决办法。
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides qualifying undocumented immigrant youth with significant benefits. These benefits exist in a state of tension because they are temporary, making the status of DACA recipients precarious. In this article we draw on survey and interview data collected with DACA recipients in Colorado, along with community stakeholder interviews and observations to examine the liminally legal experience of recipients, both before and after Donald Trump's announced intention to terminate the program. Focusing on their experiences of precarity across educational, economic, and emotional spheres, we document the negative and lasting consequences that the loss of DACA status would have for them. Given the rapidly shifting legal context of the DACA program, we argue that liminal legality varies in intensity based on political context and place. While undocumented young adults are acutely aware of the uncertainty of this moment, we also show how they are demonstrating resilience in the face of increasingly harmful immigration policies. The liminal legality of DACA status, which has worsened in the recent political context, underscores the urgent need for a permanent legislative solution.