Forever prisoners : how the United States made the world's largest immigrant detention system / Elliott Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Elliott, 1967- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Immigrants.

Noncitizen detention centers--United States--History.

Noncitizen detention centers.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Stories of non-US citizens caught in the jaws of the immigration bureaucracy and subject to indefinite detention are in the headlines daily. These men, women, and children remain almost completely without rights, unprotected by law and the Constitution, and their status as outsiders, even though many of have lived and worked in this country for years, has left them vulnerable to the most extreme forms of state power. Although the rhetoric surrounding these individuals is extreme, the US government has been locking up immigrants since the late 19th century, often for indefinite periods and with limited ability to challenge their confinement. 'Forever Prisoners' offers the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-008598-3

0-19-008596-7

0-19-008597-5