Anthropology essay final

Life,

Undocumented

Gomberg-Munoz

 What are the biggest ways in which being

undocumented impacts the lives of the Lions? What did

you find most surprising/revealing in the book?

 How does illegality intersect with the Lions’ social

networks? (Ch 4)

 How does illegality influence the idea of “hard work”

amongst/about immigrant populations? (Ch 5)

 How does illegality impact the Lions’ sense of identity and

dignity? How does it intersect with racialization at work?

(Ch 6)

 Other points to highlight?

Undocumented youth

Optional sources:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjBkrqJ9BEc

 Updates on DACA litigation -

https://www.nilc.org/issues/daca/daca-litigation-

timeline/

Handout – discussion q’s

 What is “illegality”? What is the lived experience

of illegality? How does “illegal” status impact the

lives of immigrants and U.S. citizens?

 “deportability”

 “reproduces physical borders…in the everyday life of

innumerable places”

 Denial of the “right to have rights”

 Exclusion from political and MORAL community