Aftermath
Subtitle: deportation law and the new American diaspora
By: Daniel Kanstroom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780199742721
Subjects: Deportation; Emigration and immigration law; Deportees; Rule of law
Description: Addressing various political, social, philosophical and legal issues, Kanstroom considers how deportation works within the 'rule of law'. He recounts stories of immigrants to highlight what actually happens to them after they are deported. After concluding that the U.S. deportation system remains an anachronistic, ad hoc, legally dubious affair, the book offers specific proposals for a more humane and rational deportation system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The goals of deportation : border control, social control or "out of sight, out of mind"; title: The major methods of deportation; title: Accomplishments and problems : does deportation work within the rule of law; title: The effects of deportation in the U.S. and in the new diaspora : the challenge to all that makes life worthwhile; title: The rule of law in the new diaspora : deportees and the space/time continuum; title: Re-conceptualizing the rule of law for deportees : discretion, human rights, and the spirit of fair play.