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Answer the following questions in 3-5 sentences.

1. What do Menjívar and Abrego mean by the term "legal violence" (Read through p. 1381-1386 carefully, they explain it several different times in similar ways, also mentioned in previous class. BE SURE to describe this concept in your own words. You can quote one sentence or less from the reading, but if you do, be sure to note (Menjivar and Abrego 2012: page number). The text matching software will catch all phrases that appear almost anywere online. Not attributing to a source is plagiarising and you could get a zero on the assignment.)

2. What kinds of vulnerabilities do Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrants (and their families) experience on the trip to the U.S.? (p. 1397-1399)

3. What kinds of vulnerabilities do Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrants experience in the area of the family? (p. 1399-1403)

4. What kinds of vulnerabilities do Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrants experience with respect to work? (p. 1403-1408)

5. What kinds of vulnerabilities do Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran immigrants experience in school and related school matters? (p. 1408-1412)

6. Go back to your answer to #1. Overall, how and why do you think the scholars argue that the immigrants experience immigration laws as a form of "legal violence"? (p. 1386-1389; 1413-1415

7. Does this reading help you think about or understand something about international migration, Central American migration, or Central American immigrants in a new or different way? Please explain below.