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A Qualitative Examination of Work, Families, and Schools in Low-Income Latinx Communities During Strict Immigration Enforcement

David E. Rangel, Elizabeth Peck
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences August 2022, 8 (5) 184-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.5.09
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aAssistant professor of education at Brown University
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