UC Irvine Law Review

This Article integrates multigenerational illegality into the canon by employing conceptual analysis and personal narrative. Multigenerational illegality explains how mixed-status Indigenous, Black, Latinx/e, and Asian and Pacific Islander families are branded as “illegal” and systemically denied pathways to status or citizenship, thereby becoming marginalized across generations. In this way, this Article demonstrates the legal injuries and sacrificios of mixed-status families of color caused by the system of immigration law and enforcement.