Since 1996, when new, harsher deportation laws went into effect,
the United States has deported millions of noncitizens back to
their countries of origin. While the rights of immigrants-with or
without legal status-as well as the appropriate pathway to legal
status are the subject of much debate, hardly any attention has
been paid to what actually happens to deportees once they "pass
beyond our aid." In fact, we have fostered a new diaspora of
deportees, many of whom are alone and isolated, with strong ties to
their former communities in the United States. Daniel Kanstroom,
author of the authoritative history of deportation, Deportation
Nation, turns his attention here to the current deportation system
of the United States and especially deportation's aftermath: the
actual effects on individuals, families, U.S. communities, and the
countries that must process and repatriate ever-increasing numbers
of U.S. deportees. Few know that once deportees have been expelled
to places like Guatemala, Cambodia, Haiti, and El Salvador, many
face severe hardship, persecution and, in extreme instances, even
death. Addressing a wide range of political, social, and legal
issues, Kanstroom considers whether our deportation system "works"
in any meaningful sense. He also asks a number of under-examined
legal and philosophical questions: What is the relationship between
the "rule of law" and the border? Where do rights begin and end? Do
(or should) deportees ever have a "right to return"? After
demonstrating that deportation in the U.S. remains an
anachronistic, ad hoc, legally questionable affair, the book
concludes with specific reform proposals for a more humane and
rational deportation system.
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