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Keeping out the other : a critical introduction to immigration enforcement today / David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Emigration and immigration law--United States.
- Emigration and immigration law.
- Noncitizens--United States.
- Noncitizens.
- Illegal immigration--United States.
- Illegal immigration.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 410 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas provide a history and analysis of recent immigration enforcement in the United States, demonstrating that America's current anti-immigration tendencies are not a knee-jerk reaction to the events of September 11, 2001. Rather, they have been gathering steam for decades. With contributions from social scientists, policy analysts, legal experts, community organizers, and journalists, this volume critically examines the discourse that has framed the question of immigration enforcement for the general public. It also explores the politics and practice of deportation, new forms of immigrant profiling, relevant case law, and antiterrorist operations. Some contributors couch their critiques in an appeal to constitutional law and the defense of civil liberties. Others draw on the theories of structural inequality and institutional discrimination. These diverse perspectives stimulate new ways of thinking about the issue of immigration enforcement, arguing that "security" has less to do with keeping out the "other" and more to do with improving the legal rights, social mobility, and well-being of all U.S. residents.
- Contents:
- Open markets, militarized borders? Immigration enforcement today / Philip Kretsedemas and David C. Brotherton
- Unchecked power against undesirables : Haitians, Mariel Cubans, and Guantanamo / Mark Dow
- Immigration, terrorism, and secret prisons / Dan Malone
- Democracy and immigration / Ira J. Kurzban
- Racializing, criminalizing, and silencing 9/11 deportees / Irum Sheikh
- Presumption of guilt : September 11 and the American Muslim community / Arsalan Ifitikhar
- American and British constructions of asylum seekers : moral panic, detention, and human rights / Michael Welch and Liza Schuster
- Exiling New Yorkers / David C. Brotherton
- Invisible removal, endless detention, limited relief : a taste of immigration court representation for detained noncitizens / Abira Ashfaq
- Why black immigrants matter : refocusing the discussion on racism and immigration enforcement / Tamara K. Nopper
- Equal opportunity : an American immigrant nightmare / Malik Ndaula and Debbie Satyal
- Families for freedom : against deportation and delegalization / Subhash Kateel and Aarti ShahaniI
- Bordering the other in the U.S. Southwest : El Pasoans confront the local sheriff / Kathleen Staudt
- Framing the debate on taxes and undocumented workers : a critical review of texts supporting proenforcement policies and practices / Jorge Capetillo-Ponce
- What does an undocumented immigrant look like? Local enforcement and the new immigrant profiling / Philip Kretsedemas
- Immigration policy at a crossroads / Philip Kretsedemas and David C. Brotherton.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231141284
- 0231141289
- 9780231141291
- 0231141297
- OCLC:
- 181517064
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