Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal

Immigrant rights activist Aviva Chomsky shows how "illegality" or "undocumentedness" are concepts that were created to exclude and exploit. With a focus on US policy, she probes how and why people, especially Mexican and Central Americans, have been assigned this status--and to what ends. Blending history with human drama, Chomsky explores what it means to be undocumented in legal, social, economic and historical context. She unmasks how undocumented people live--how they work, what social services they're eligible for, and how being undocumented affects the lives of children and families.