American presidents, deportations, and human rights violations : from Carter to Trump / Bill Ong Hing, University of San Francisco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hing, Bill Ong, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deportation--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

Deportation.

Deportation--Government policy--United States--History--21st century.

Human rights--United States--History--20th century.

Human rights.

Human rights--United States--History--21st century.

Executive power--United States--History--20th century.

Executive power.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

History.

United States.

Executive power--United States--History--21st century.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--20th century.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History--21st century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 355 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Of the many issues polarizing societies today, immigration is one of the most contentious. In the United States, as in Europe, immigration was a defining issue in recent national elections. Immigration not only involves government policies but also the human rights of millions of people. American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations studies how recent immigration policies in the United States developed during the Obama administration and are now being expanded in the first months of the Trump presidency. Documenting the harsh treatment of immigrants over the past twenty years, Bill Ong Hing shows how mass detention and deportation of immigrants, from Clinton's two terms and the Bush administration, have escalated even higher. This book questions what price the United States is willing to pay for such harsh immigration policies in terms of our national values, and the impact on the lives of the millions of immigrants who deserve the full protection of universal human rights obligations.

Contents:

Introduction: Deportation champion

Nightmarish ICE enforcement tools

Deporting unaccompanied children

Family detention centers : creation, conditions, and continued detention

Country conditions : why women and children flee the northern triangle

Challenges to obtaining relief : why women and children flee the northern triangle

Contextualizing the Trump immigration enforcement regime

Closing : challenging the new deportation king

Conclusion: Disrupting the deportation royalty

Afterword: Abuser-in-chief.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108472289

1108472281

9781108459211

1108459218

OCLC:

1035365008

Publisher Number:

99979346368