Keeping out the other
Subtitle: a critical introduction to immigration enforcement today
By: David C. Brotherton and Philip Kretsedemas, editors.
Contributors: Brotherton, David.; Kretsedemas, Philip, 1967-
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780231141284; 9780231141291
Subjects: Emigration and immigration law -- United States; Illegal aliens -- United States; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Description: With contributions from social scientists, policy analysts, legal experts, community organisers, and journalists, this text provides a history and analysis of immigration enforcement in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Open markets, militarized borders? Immigration enforcement today / Philip Kretsedemas and David C. Brotherton; title: Unchecked power against undesirables : Haitians, Mariel Cubans, and Guantanamo / Mark Dow; title: Immigration, terrorism, and secret prisons / Dan Malone; title: Democracy and immigration / Ira J. Kurzban; title: Racializing, criminalizing, and silencing 9/11 deportees / Irum Sheikh; title: Presumption of guilt : September 11 and the American Muslim community / Arsalan Ifitikhar; title: American and British constructions of asylum seekers : moral panic, detention, and human rights / Michael Welch and Liza Schuster; title: Exiling New Yorkers / David C. Brotherton; title: Invisible removal, endless detention, limited relief : a taste of immigration court representation for detained noncitizens / Abira Ashfaq; title: Why black immigrants matter : refocusing the discussion on racism and immigration enforcement / Tamara K. Nopper; title: Equal opportunity : an American immigrant nightmare / Malik Ndaula and Debbie Satyal; title: Families for freedom : against deportation and delegalization / Subhash Kateel and Aarti ShahaniI; title: Bordering the other in the U.S. Southwest : El Pasoans confront the local sheriff / Kathleen Staudt; title: Framing the debate on taxes and undocumented workers : a critical review of texts supporting proenforcement policies and practices / Jorge Capetillo-Ponce; title: What does an undocumented immigrant look like? Local enforcement and the new immigrant profiling / Philip Kretsedemas; title: Immigration policy at a crossroads / Philip Kretsedemas and David C. Brotherton.