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Parental Legal Status and the Political Engagement of Second-Generation Mexican Americans
Susan K. Brown, Alejandra Jazmin Sanchez
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences July 2017, 3 (4) 136-147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.4.08
Susan K. Brown
aProfessor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine
Alejandra Jazmin Sanchez
bGraduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in education sciences and sociology and received a teaching credential at the University of California, Irvine

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