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Book SynopsisThis book proposes a pioneering, interdisciplinary, feminist approach to immigration justice, which defines immigration justice as being about identifying and resisting global oppression in immigration structures, policies, practices, and norms.
In contrast to most philosophical work on immigration (which begins with abstract ideas and philosophical debates and then makes claims based on them), this book begins with concrete cases and immigration policies from throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America, and Colombia to assess the nature of immigration injustice and set us up to address it. Every chapter of the book begins with specific immigration policies, practices or sets of immigrant experiences in the U.S. and Latin America and then explores them through the lens of global oppression to better identify what makes it unjust and to put us in a better position to respond to that injustice and improve immigrants’ lives. It is one of the first sustained studies of immigration justice that focuses on Central and South America in addition to the U.S. and Mexico.
Table of Contents1. Seeing Global Oppression in Immigration Policies and Practices – Why We Need A New Approach / Part I / 2. A Feminist Approach to Global Justice/Immigration Justice / 3. A Feminist Account of Global Oppression / 4. Another Side of Global Oppression: Six Faces of Epistemic Oppression / Part II / 5. Dying in Detention: Raul Ernesto Morales-Ramos, Augustina Ramirez-Arreola, Moises Tino-Lopez and U.S. Immigrant Detention Policy / 6. DACA and DREAMERs – Exploring Deportation Policy / 7. Responses to the Central American Refugee Crisis: Donald Trump’s Zero Tolerance Policy / 8. Exporting U.S. Immigration Policy: The Southern Border Plan and Beyond / 9. ¡Nicas Vayense! Nicaraguan immigration in Costa Rica / 10. Venezuelans in Colombia.
