We are all suspects now : untold stories from immigrant communities after 9/11 / Tram Nguyen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nguyen, Tram.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Immigrants.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Social aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Discrimination--United States.

Discrimination.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Human rights--United States.

Human rights.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 187 pages)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In an ironic reversal of the American dream, a staggering 20,000 members of the immigrant community of Midwood, Brooklyn (known as Little Pakistan), voluntarily left the United States after 9/11. Tram Nguyen reveals the human cost of the domestic war on terror and examines the impact of post-9/11 policies on people targeted because of immigration status, nationality, race, and religion. Nguyen's evocative narrative reporting - about the families, detainees, local leaders, community advocates, and others living on the front lines - tells the stories of people who witnessed and experienced firsthand the unjust detainment or deportation of family members, friends, and neighbors."--Jacket

Contents:

Introduction

Becoming suspects : Brooklyn and New Jersey

Separated by deportation : Minneapolis

Turning in for registration : Chicago

The new racial profiling : Los Angeles

Crisis at the border : Arizona

In search of asylum : Canada

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-187).

ISBN:

0-8070-0462-6

OCLC:

191930924