From deportation to prison : the politics of immigration enforcement in post/civil rights America /

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Criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? This book unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macias-Rojas, Patrisia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University, 2016.
Colección:Latina/o sociology series.
Temas:
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Immigration enforcement > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Social control > United States.
Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale.
Émigration et immigration > Lois > Application > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Contrôle social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Immigration enforcement.
Social control.
Einwanderer
Kriminalisierung
Mexican-American Border Region.
Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
United States.
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Criminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? This book unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people in the United States gave impetus to a federal immigration initiative - The Criminal Alien Program (CAP) - designed to purge non-citizens from dangerously overcrowded jails and prisons.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781479858422
1479858420

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