Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions, and Deportations in Post-9/11 AmericaIn the wake of September 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was created to prevent terrorist attacks in the US.This led to dramatic increases in immigration law enforcement - raids, detentions and deportations have increased six-fold. Immigration Nation critically analyses the human rights impact of this tightening of US immigration policy. Golash-Boza reveals that it has had consequences not just for immigrants, but for citizens, families and communities. She shows that even though family reunification is officially a core component of US immigration policy, it has often torn families apart. This is a critical and revealing look at the real life - frequently devastating - impact of immigration policy in a security conscious world. |
Contents
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Chapter 1 Roots of Immigration to the United States | 15 |
Chapter 2 The Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration Enforcement Regime of the TwentyFirst Century | 45 |
Chapter 3 Racism and the Consequences of US Immigration Policy | 81 |
Family versus Citizenship in US Immigration Policies | 109 |
Who Profits from Immigration Policies Destined to Fail? | 139 |
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Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions, and Deportations in Post-9/11 America Tanya Maria Golash-Boza No preview available - 2011 |
Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions, and Deportations in Post-9/11 America Tanya Maria Golash-Boza No preview available - 2011 |
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