Separated, William D. Lopez
Separated, William D. Lopez
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Separated
Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid

Author: William D. Lopez

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/24/2019


Synopsis

On a Thursday in November of 2013, Guadalupe Morales waited anxiously with her sister-in-law and their four small children. Every Latino man who drove away from their shared apartment above a small auto repair shop that day had failed to return—arrested, one by one, by ICE agents and local police. As the two women discussed what to do next, a SWAT team clad in body armor and carrying assault rifles stormed the room. As Guadalupe remembers it, "The soldiers came in the house. They knocked down doors. They threw gas. They had guns. We were two women with small children . . . The kids terrified, the kids screaming."

In Separated, William D. Lopez examines the lasting damage done by this daylong act of collaborative immigration enforcement in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Exploring the chaos of enforcement through the lens of community health, Lopez discusses deportation's rippling negative effects on families, communities, and individuals. Focusing on those left behind, Lopez reveals their efforts to cope with trauma, avoid homelessness, handle worsening health, and keep their families together as they attempt to deal with a deportation machine that is militarized, traumatic, implicitly racist, and profoundly violent.

About William D. Lopez

William D. Lopez is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health and the faculty director of public scholarship at the National Center for Institutional Diversity.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Soumya on September 27, 2019

As a preface, I know the author, and as a similarly "overeducated, light-skinned, clean-cut" immigrant woman, I found this to be an incredibly compelling read about a family and community who live right in the community that Dr. Lopez's family and I both live in. However, it is a community I, as a d......more

Goodreads review by Rick on March 24, 2024

Not a specific knock against this book, but every book Ive read about immigration seems to need to have the authors personal connection to it. More so than books about other Politically charged topics. Perhaps it’s pride? Self recognition in the other? I’ve read plenty about healthcare reform that d......more

Goodreads review by Abbie on January 02, 2023

read this for my class on policing and protest this book was eye-opening to the ways Latinos, specifically undocumented Latinos, have to encounter law enforcement every day hit even harder as the book takes place in Washtenaw County would highly recommend if you're interested in learning more about pol......more

Goodreads review by Izzy on May 10, 2023

The stories told are a testament to the strength of the mixed-status community around which the book is centered. Lopez focuses on the impact of the 2013 immigration raid on the individual, family, and community levels, sharing stories of injustice, abuse of power, and unparalleled courage at each l......more