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Leisy J. Abrego

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18

Publications

4K

Citations

17

H-Index

2006

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

University of California, Irvine

University of California System

The Ohio State University

The University of Texas at El Paso

Leisy J. Abrego is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in human migration, sociology, and ethnicity.

Top concepts

Human MigrationSociologyEthnicitySocial SciencesBlack StudiesLatino CultureLatino StudiesSocial JusticeLawEducation

Publications per year

2006–2022

18

Publications

18

Legal Violence: Immigration Law and the Lives of Central American Immigrants

Cecilia Menjívar, Leisy J. Abrego · American Journal of Sociology · 2012 · 1.1K citations

Legal Consciousness of Undocumented Latinos: Fear and Stigma as Barriers to Claims-Making for First- and 1.5-Generation Immigrants

Leisy J. Abrego · Law & Society Review · 2011 · 562 citations

Ethnicity, Human Migration, Xenoracism +18

“I Can’t Go to College Because I Don’t Have Papers”: Incorporation Patterns Of Latino Undocumented Youth

Leisy J. Abrego · Latino Studies · 2006 · 506 citations

Ethnicity, Human Migration, Latino Culture +7

Legitimacy, Social Identity, and the Mobilization of Law: The Effects of Assembly Bill 540 on Undocumented Students in California

Leisy J. Abrego · Law & Social Inquiry · 2008 · 318 citations

Undocumented Students, Race Law, California Constitutional Law +19

Blocked Paths, Uncertain Futures: The Postsecondary Education and Labor Market Prospects of Undocumented Latino Youth

Leisy J. Abrego, Roberto G. Gonzales · Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR) · 2010 · 279 citations

Ethnicity, Human Migration, Labor Market Prospects +23

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