Immigration Nation: Raids, Detentions, and Deportations in Post-9/11 America

ISBN-13: 9781594518379 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 224 str.

Tanya Maria Golash-Boza

Opis

In 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.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction How Punitive Immigration Policies Negatively Affect Citizens, Families, and Communities Chapter 1 Roots of Immigration to the United States Chapter 2 The Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration Enforcement Regime of the Twenty-First Century Chapter 3 Racism and the Consequences of U.S. Immigration Policy Chapter 4 The Impossible Choice: Family versus Citizenship in U.S. Immigration Policies Chapter 5 The Immigration Industrial Complex: Who Profits from Immigration Policies Destined to Fail? Conclusion Immigration Policy and Human Rights Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

O autorze

Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria