The new deportations delirium : interdisciplinary responses / edited by Daniel Kanstroom and M. Brinton Lykes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kanstroom, Dan, editor.

Lykes, M. Brinton, 1949- editor.

Series:

Citizenship and migration in the Americas.

Citizenship and Migration in the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deportation--United States.

Deportation.

Detention of persons--United States.

Detention of persons.

Noncitizens--United States.

Noncitizens.

Emigration and immigration law--United States.

Emigration and immigration law.

Illegal immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, [England] : New York University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1996, when the deportation laws were hardened, millions of migrants to the U.S., including many long-term legal permanent residents with “green cards,” have experienced summary arrest, incarceration without bail, transfer to remote detention facilities, and deportation without counsel—a life-time banishment from what is, in many cases, the only country they have ever known. U.S.-based families and communities face the loss of a worker, neighbor, spouse, parent, or child. Many of the deported are “sentenced home” to a country which they only knew as an infant, whose language they do not speak, or where a family lives in extreme poverty or indebtedness for not yet being able to pay the costs of their previous migration. But what does this actually look like and what are the systems and processes and who are the people who are enforcing deportation policies and practices? The New Deportations Delirium responds to these questions.Taken as a whole, the volume raises consciousness about the complexities of the issues and argues for the interdisciplinary dialogue and response. Over the course of the book, deportation policy is debated by lawyers, judges, social workers, researchers, and clinical and community psychologists as well as educators, researchers, and community activists. The New Deportations Delirium presents a fresh conversation and urges a holistic response to the complex realities facing not only migrants but also the wider U.S. society in which they have sought a better life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWORD: MAYAN MIGRANTS SPEAK OUT. From abUSed: The Postville Raid to Education and Advocacy: One Individual’s Journey

Introduction: Migration, Detention, and Deportation: Dilemmas and Responses

1. Unhappy Families: The Failings of Immigration Law for Families That Are Not All Alike

2. Improving Conditions of Confinement for Immigrant Detainees: Guideposts Toward a Civil System of Civil Detention

3. You Be the Judge: Who Should Preside Over Immigration Cases, Where, and How?

4. Immigration Reform: Will New Political Calculations and New Actors Overcome Enforcement Inertia?

5. Legal and Social Work Responses to the Detained and Deported: Interdisciplinary Reflections and Actions

6. Immigrants Facing Detention and Deportation: Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues, Assessment, and Intervention for Individuals and Families

7. Participatory Action Research with Transnational and Mixed- Status Families: Understanding and Responding to Post– 9/11 Threats in Guatemala and the United States

8. Unwelcome Returns: The Alienation of the New American Diaspora in Salvadoran Society

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4798-3331-2

OCLC:

927438085