America's reputation for open immigration has always been
accompanied by a desire to remove or discourage the migration of
"undesirables." But recent restrictions placed on immigrants, along
with an increase in detentions and deportations, point to a more
worrying trend. Immigration enforcement has become the fastest
growing sector for spending over the past two decades, dwarfing the
money spent on helping immigrants adjust to their new lives.
Instead of finding effective ways of integrating newcomers into
American society, the United States is focusing on making the
process of citizenship more difficult, provoking major protests and
unrest.
David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas provide a history and
analysis of recent immigration enforcement in the United States,
demonstrating that our current anti-immigration tendencies are not
a knee-jerk reaction to the events of September 11. Rather, they
have been gathering steam for decades. With contributions from
social scientists, policy analysts, legal experts, community
organizers, and journalists, the volume critically examines the
discourse that has framed the question of immigration enforcement
for the general public. It also explores the politics and practice
of deportation, new forms of immigrant profiling, relevant case
law, and antiterrorist operations. Some contributors couch their
critiques in an appeal to constitutional law and the defense of
civil liberties. Others draw on the theories of structural
inequality and institutional discrimination. These diverse
perspectives stimulate new ways of thinking about the issue of
immigration enforcement, proving that "security" has more to do
with improving legal rights, socialmobility, and the well-being of
all U.S. residents than keeping out the "other."
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