Undocumented How Immigration Became Illegal

<b>A longtime immigration activist explores what it means to be an undocumented American in this “impassioned and well-reported case for change<b>”</b> (<i>New York Times</i>).</b><br>  <br> In this illuminating work, immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how “illegality” and “undocumentedness” are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status—and to what ends. <br>  <br> Blending history with human drama, Chomsky explores what it means to be undocumented in a legal, social, economic, and historical context. The result is a powerful testament of the complex, contradictory, and ever-shifting nature of status in America.