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Book SynopsisAmerica's reputation for open immigration has always been accompanied by a desire to remove or discourage the migration of "undesirables." But restrictions placed on immigrants, along with an increase in detentions and deportations, point to a more worrying trend. This book provides a history and analysis of immigration enforcement in the US.
Trade ReviewThis timely, valuable book significantly contributes to the field of immigration policy and practice, and political studies... Highly recommended. Choice With the current immigration debate soon to begin in force once more, it would be advisable for some to read this book in order to better understand the enforcement side of the immigration issue. -- Abraham David Benavides Public Administration Review
Table of ContentsForeward: Justice and the Outsider by David Cole Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Open Markets, Militarized Borders?: Immigration Enforcement Today (Philip Kretsedemas and David C. Brotherton) Part I: The Expansion of Immigration Enforcement: Before 9/11 2. Unchecked Power Against Undesirables: Haitians, Mariel Cubans, and Guantanamo (Mark Dow) 3. Immigration, Terrorism, and Secret Pirsons (Dan Malone) 4. Democracy and Immigration (Ira J. Kurzban) Part II: Noncitizens as Security Threats: After 9/11 5. Racializing, Criminalizing, and Silencing 9/11 Deportees (Irum Sheikh) 6. Presumption of Guilt: September 11 and the Americal Muslim Community (Arsalan Iftikhar) 7. American and British Constructions of Asylum Seekers: Moral Panic, Detention, and Human Rights (Michael Welch and Liza Schuster) Part III: From Incarceration to Deportation 8. Exiling New Yorkers (David C. Brotherton) 9. Invisible Removal, Endless Detention, Limited Relief: A Taste of Immigration Court Representation for Detained Noncitizens (Abira Ashfaq) 10. Why Black Immigrants Matter: Refocusing the Discussion on Racism and Immigration Enforcement (Tamara K. Nopper) Part IV: Inside the Immigration Prison Systems: Activist Perspectives 11. Rafiu's Story: An American Immigrant Nightmare (Malik Ndaula with Debbie Satyal) 12. Familes for Freedom: Against Deportation and Delegalization (Subhash Kateel and Aarti Shahani) Part V: Looking for "Illegals" 13. Bordering the Other in the U.S. Southwest: El Pasoans Confront the Local Sheriff (Kathleen Staudt) 14. Framing the Debate on Taxes and Undocumented Workers: A Critical Review of Texts Supporting Proenforcement Policies and Practices (Jorge Capetillo-Ponce) 15. What Does an Undocumented Immigrant Look Like?: Local Enforcement and the New Immigrant Profiling (Philip Kretsedemas) Conclusion: Immigration Reform at a Crossroads (Philip Kretsademas and David C. Brotherton) Appendix: An Annotated List of Immigration Laws Glossary About the Contributors Index
