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Immigration nation : raids, detentions, and deportations in post-9/11 America / Tanya Golash-Boza.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Civil rights.
- Immigrants.
- Social conditions.
- Immigration enforcement.
- History.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Immigration enforcement--United States--History--21st century.
- Immigrants--United States--Social conditions--21st century.
- Immigrants--Civil rights--United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder [Colo.] : Paradigm Publishers, [2012]
- Summary:
- Golash-Boza (sociology and American studies, U. of Kansas) analyzes the impact of US immigration policies on human rights and their negative consequences for individuals, families, and communities. Focusing on how these laws violate the civil and political rights of migrants and US citizens who have ties to them, she discusses the roots of immigration to the US; the surge in policy enforcement since 9/11, especially raids and detentions and their effects; who is being deported and the consequences for families; the strain of policy on couples when one person is a citizen; public and private sector interests in the criminalization of undocumented migration, immigration law enforcement, and the promotion of anti-illegal rhetoric; and recommendations for immigration system reforms. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction: We are them: how punitive immigration policies negatively affect citizens, families, and communities
- Roots of immigration to the United States
- The Department of Homeland Security and the immigration enforcement regime of the 21st century
- Racism and the consequences of U.S. immigration policy
- The impossible choice: family vs. citizenship in U.S. immigration policies
- The immigration industrial complex: who profits from immigration policies destined to fail?
- Conclusion: immigration policy and human rights.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594518379
- 1594518378
- 9781594518386
- 1594518386
- OCLC:
- 610855719
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