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The Immigration Law Death Penalty - Aggravated Felonies, Deportation, and Legal Resistance
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The Immigration Law Death Penalty - Aggravated Felonies, Deportation, and Legal Resistance
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Traces the role of the aggravated felony in today’s deportation
regime In immigration courts across America, a non-citizen
convicted of an “aggravated felony” will almost certainly face
deportation with no access to asylum. However, despite the
ominous-sounding name, aggravated felonies need not be either
“aggravated” or “felonies.” The term encompasses more than
thirty offenses, ranging from check fraud and shoplifting to filing
a false tax return. The recent expansion in the list of such
offenses has resulted in astronomical rates of deportation. This
book chronicles the rise of the use of the aggravated felony, known
by lawyers as the “immigration law death penalty,” to
criminalize and then deport immigrants. Immigrants convicted of
aggravated felonies are subject to mandatory detention and almost
certain deportation—and are ineligible for almost all forms of
legal relief from removal. Furthermore, immigrants convicted of
aggravated felonies can be detained for months or even years
without bond, are not guaranteed lawyers, and can even be deported
without an opportunity to plead their case in court. Sarah Tosh
provides the first in-depth understanding of how aggravated
felonies have been used to deport thousands of documented and
undocumented immigrants and how the severe, expansive, and racially
disparate outcomes have been met with innovative legal responses,
bolstered by networks of community-based resistance. The
Immigration Law Death Penalty is an urgent read for anyone
committed to protecting the rights of immigrants nationwide.
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Imprint: |
New York University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Sarah Tosh
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4798-1628-6 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4798-1628-0 |
Barcode: |
9781479816286 |
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