{"product_id":"on-the-record-papers-immigration-and-legal-advocacy-hardcover","title":"On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Bibler Coutin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ​Immigrant residents seeking legal status in the United States face a catch-22: the documents that they must present to immigration officials--bank records, paycheck stubs, and contracts in their own names--are often challenging for undocumented people to obtain. In this book, Susan Bibler Coutin analyzes how undocumented immigrants and the attorneys and paralegals who represent them attempt to surmount this and other documentary challenges. Based on four years of fieldwork and volunteer work in the legal services department of an immigrant-serving nonprofit and in-depth interviews with those seeking status, \u003ci\u003eOn the Record \u003c\/i\u003eexplores these complex dynamics by taking seriously both documents themselves and the legal craft that has developed around their use.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling book takes records seriously, both as process and product, in a way that I have yet to see across the social science immigration literature. Coutin weaves vivid narratives with insights gained from deep and thoughtful fieldwork to illuminate how undocumented immigrants navigate the bureaucratic arm of a state committed to their forced removal.--Angela S. Garc?a, author of \u003ci\u003eLegal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration Law\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eOn the Record\u003c\/i\u003e incisively explores how service providers mediate a highly repressive legal regime to effectively advocate for immigrant clients. Coutin's timely analysis of plenary doctrine transcends 'law on the books' versus 'law in practice' approaches to legal frameworks, showing how they are dynamic, subjective, and intertwined.\"--Ruth Gomberg, author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming Legal: Immigration Law and Mixed-Status Families\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eOn the Record\u003c\/i\u003e, Coutin provides readers with deep, critical insights into how purportedly 'undocumented' residents of the United States, and others without citizenship, use documents not only to advance their legal claims, but also to define themselves, assert their expertise, and speak back to those in power.\"--Jennifer M. Chac?n, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eLegal Phantoms: Executive Action and the Haunting Failures of Immigration Law\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Bibler Coutin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. She is author of \u003ci\u003eLegalizing Moves: Salvadoran Immigrants' Struggle for U.S. Residency\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eDocumenting Impossible Realities: Ethnography, Memory, and the As If.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979116871981,"sku":"9780520422827","price":141.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/8XUz6gwQ7y9780520422827.webp?v=1775819090","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/on-the-record-papers-immigration-and-legal-advocacy-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}