Sanctuary Making: Immigrant Families Reshaping Geographies of Deportability
Carolina Valdivia, University of California Press (February 2026)
This book examines how immigration enforcement has expanded beyond the border into everyday interior spaces—neighborhoods, workplaces, hospitals, and homes—revealing how young adults in undocumented and mixed-status families take on significant emotional and legal labor to create sanctuary for their families amid pervasive fear and anxiety.
