Table of Contents

Preface
 Jerry Price
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors

Introduction
 Victoria Carty with Daniele Struppa, Jerry Price, and Bishop Kevin
William Vann

Part 1: Immigrant Oppression and Resistance Movements

1 Collaboration between Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement: Gang Injunctions, Gang Databases, and Immigration Consequences
 Amelia Alvarez and Fawn Bekam
2 Gentrification, Gang Injunctions, and the Impact on Latin@ Communities in Southern California
 Madeleine Spencer and Victoria Carty
3 The Politics of Immigration and a Catholic Counternarrative: A Perspective from the United States
 Kristin E. Heyer
4 Embracing the “Other”: Dreamers Navigating Higher Education
 Harriett D. Romo and Raquel R. Marquez

Part 2: Immigrants and Community Narratives

5 Latin@ Immigrant Youth in the Age of Mixed Messages: A Perspective on Deferred Action and Unaccompanied Minors
 Lisa D. Ramirez
6 America’s Love/Hate Relationship with Immigrants and OC Human Relations’ Voice for Understanding
 Rusty Kennedy
7 Public Sociology in Action: The Struggle to Assist Undocumented Latin@ Youth
 Eileen McNerney, CSJ
8 Revolution of the Heart: Assisting Migrants in Their Quest for Dignity
 Patrick Murphy, CS
9 A Life’s Pursuit: The Journey to Higher Education of an Undocumented Student
 Oliver Lopez
10 At the Partnership Table: Bridging Academia and Community through Horizontal Dialoguing
 Suzanne SooHoo and Patricia Huerta

Conclusion: The Public Sociology Migrant Narrative
 Rafael Luévano

Index

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About the Author

Victoria Carty, Ph.D. (1999), is an activist scholar and associate professor of sociology at Chapman University. She is the author of Social Movements and New Technology (Westview Press, 2015).

(Orbis Books, 2012).