ABSTRACT This research explores the competing discourses and relational tensions that emerge in intergenerational communication in immigrant families with undocumented parents through in-depth interviews with undocumented Latino/a parents and their children living in New York City. Through the articulation of three themes, we illustrate how material realities affiliated with a lack of legal status incite unique discursive tensions in family relationships that manifest in family narratives. This study lends scholarly insight into the ways undocumented immigrants and their families communicatively navigate their uncertain life terrain through conversation about immigration status, conflicting career dreams, and hybrid cultural values. Using these findings as guidance, we offer practical applications related to communal coping and family advocacy for professionals and volunteers working in immigrant-serving community organizations.

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关系紧张，叙述和重要性：无证移民父母家庭的代际交流

摘要本研究通过与无证件拉丁美洲人/父母及其在纽约市居住的子女的深入访谈，探讨了移民家庭与无证父母之间的代际交流中出现的竞争性话语和关系紧张。通过对三个主题的阐述，我们说明了缺乏法律地位的物质现实如何在家庭叙事中引发家庭关系中独特的话语张力。这项研究为无证移民及其家人通过有关移民身份，冲突的职业梦想和混合文化价值观的对话，提供了有关无证移民及其家人如何在不确定的生活领域进行沟通的方式的学术见解。以这些发现为指导，