Description: Opportunity Trap : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program, Paperback by Banerjee, Pallavi, ISBN 1479841048, ISBN-13 9781479841042, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Unravels how US visa laws fail Indian professional workers and their legally dependent spouses and families
The Opportunity Trap is the first book to look at the impact of the H-4 dependent visa programs on women and men visa holders in Indian families in America. Comparing two distinct groups of Indian immigrant families —families of male high-tech workers and female nurses—Pallavi Banerjee reveals how visa policies that are legally gender and race neutral in fact have gendered and racialized ramifications for visa holders and their spouses.
Drawing on interviews with fifty-five Indian couples, Banerjee highlights the experiences of high-skilled immigrants as they struggle to cope with visa laws, which forbid their spouses from working paid jobs. She examines how these unfair restrictions destabilize—if not completely dismantle—families, who often break under this marital, financial, and emotional stress.
Banerjee shows us, through the eyes of immigrants themselves, how the visa process strips them of their rights, forcing them to depend on their spouses and the government in fundamentally challenging ways. The Opportunity Trap provides a critical look at our visa system, underscoring how it fails immigrant families.
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Book Title: Opportunity Trap : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Opportunity Trap : High-Skilled Workers, Indian Families, and the Failures of the Dependent Visa Program
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Subject: Emigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Economics / General, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Pallavi Banerjee
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Width: 7.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
