Rafael A. MartÍnez is an assistant professor in the Southwest Borderlands Initiative at Arizona State University whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the Southwest borderlands.

“The methodology of undocumenting activism is an important one for scholars of immigration and social movements. This book does important work undocumenting what undocumented youth activists did, why they did it, and what it means for all of us in the Americas.”—Karma R. ChÁvez, author of The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance“Rafael MartÍnez’s Illegalized offers a powerfully written, methodically researched, and compellingly argued contribution to the growing literature on immigrant youth’s activism. MartÍnez compellingly tells the story of multiple undocumented youth movements through a focus on the question of how one might utilize academic approaches to document a movement led by those who are undocumented. A much-needed and immensely timely addition, Illegalized is a must-read for scholars, activists, and scholar-­activists alike.”—Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law

Rafael A. MartÍnez is an assistant professor in the Southwest Borderlands Initiative at Arizona State University whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the Southwest borderlands.

“The methodology of undocumenting activism is an important one for scholars of immigration and social movements. This book does important work undocumenting what undocumented youth activists did, why they did it, and what it means for all of us in the Americas.”—Karma R. ChÁvez, author of The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance“Rafael MartÍnez’s Illegalized offers a powerfully written, methodically researched, and compellingly argued contribution to the growing literature on immigrant youth’s activism. MartÍnez compellingly tells the story of multiple undocumented youth movements through a focus on the question of how one might utilize academic approaches to document a movement led by those who are undocumented. A much-needed and immensely timely addition, Illegalized is a must-read for scholars, activists, and scholar-­activists alike.”—Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law

Rafael A. MartÍnez is an assistant professor in the Southwest Borderlands Initiative at Arizona State University whose work focuses on immigrant rights, mixed-status families, and Latinx cultural and historical productions in the Southwest borderlands.

“The methodology of undocumenting activism is an important one for scholars of immigration and social movements. This book does important work undocumenting what undocumented youth activists did, why they did it, and what it means for all of us in the Americas.”—Karma R. ChÁvez, author of The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance“Rafael MartÍnez’s Illegalized offers a powerfully written, methodically researched, and compellingly argued contribution to the growing literature on immigrant youth’s activism. MartÍnez compellingly tells the story of multiple undocumented youth movements through a focus on the question of how one might utilize academic approaches to document a movement led by those who are undocumented. A much-needed and immensely timely addition, Illegalized is a must-read for scholars, activists, and scholar-­activists alike.”—Kevin Escudero, author of Organizing While Undocumented: Immigrant Youth’s Political Activism under the Law