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Detain and Punish - Haitian Refugees and the Rise of the World's Largest Immigration Detention System (Hardcover)
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Detain and Punish - Haitian Refugees and the Rise of the World's Largest Immigration Detention System (Hardcover)
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Immigrants make up the largest proportion of federal prisoners in
the United States, incarcerated in a vast network of more than two
hundred detention facilities. This book investigates when detention
became a centerpiece of U.S. immigration policy. Detain and Punish
reveals why the practice was reinstituted in 1981 after being
halted for several decades and how the system expanded to become
the world's largest immigration detention regime. The story begins
with an influx of Haitian migrants and asylum seekers in the 1970s.
The U.S. government responded with exclusionary policies and
detention, setting a precedent for future waves of immigration.
Carl Lindskoog details the discrimination Haitian refugees faced,
and how their resistance to this treatment-in the form of legal
action and activism-prompted the government to reinforce its
detention program and create an even larger system of facilities.
Lindskoog draws on extensive archival research, including
government documents, advocacy group archives, and periodicals, to
provide the first in-depth history of Haitians and immigration
detention in the United States. Lindskoog asserts that systems
designed for Haitian refugees laid the groundwork for the way
immigrants to America are treated today. Detain and Punish provides
essential historical context for the challenges faced by today's
immigrant groups, which are some of the most critical issues of our
time.
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