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Migrating to prison, America's obsession with locking up immigrants, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

eng

Includes bibliographical references

no index present

non fiction

Migrating to prison

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César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

America's obsession with locking up immigrants

"An in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system"--, Provided by publisherOver the last thirty years, federal and state governments have increasingly tapped their powers to incarcerate people accused of violating immigration laws. As a result, almost 400,000 people annually now spend some time locked up pending the result of a civil or criminal immigration proceeding. García Hernández takes a hard look at the immigration prison system's origins, how it currently operates, and why. He tackles the emergence of immigration imprisonment in the mid-1980s, with enforcement resources deployed disproportionately against Latinos, and looks at both the outsized presence of private prisons and how those on the political right continue to link immigration imprisonment with national security risks and threats to the rule of law. -- adapted from jacket

Introduction -- Then. Laying the groundwork ; On the prison's edge ; The resurgence of immigration prisons -- Now. The immigration prison archipelago ; The good immigrant vs. the bad immigrant ; The money -- Toward a different tomorrow. Abolishing immigration prisons -- Conclusion