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liminal legality: a standalone construct

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Migration studies

a gray zone of uncertain, temporary immigration status between documented and undocumented that shapes migrants' lives.

In migration studies, liminal legality refers to a gray zone of uncertain, temporary immigration status between documented and undocumented that shapes migrants' lives. This meaning comes from Menjívar (2006) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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References

  1. Menjívar, C. (2006). Liminal Legality: Salvadoran and Guatemalan Immigrants' Lives in the United States. American Journal of Sociology, 111(4), 999-1037. https://doi.org/10.1086/499509

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