Forever prisoners : how the United States made the world's largest immigrant detention system / Elliott Young.
2021
JV6483 .Y68 2021
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Title
Forever prisoners : how the United States made the world's largest immigrant detention system / Elliott Young.
ISBN
9780190085988 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Call Number
JV6483 .Y68 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
365.4
Summary
Stories of non-US citizens caught in the jaws of the immigration bureaucracy and subject to indefinite detention are in the headlines daily. These men, women, and children remain almost completely without rights, unprotected by law and the Constitution, and their status as outsiders, even though many of have lived and worked in this country for years, has left them vulnerable to the most extreme forms of state power. Although the rhetoric surrounding these individuals is extreme, the US government has been locking up immigrants since the late 19th century, often for indefinite periods and with limited ability to challenge their confinement. 'Forever Prisoners' offers the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States.
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Stories of non-US citizens caught in the jaws of the immigration bureaucracy and subject to indefinite detention are in the headlines daily. These men, women, and children remain almost completely without rights, unprotected by law and the Constitution, and their status as outsiders, even though many of have lived and worked in this country for years, has left them vulnerable to the most extreme forms of state power. Although the rhetoric surrounding these individuals is extreme, the US government has been locking up immigrants since the late 19th century, often for indefinite periods and with limited ability to challenge their confinement. 'Forever Prisoners' offers the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2021).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190085957
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