No justice in the shadows : how America criminalizes immigrants
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Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction | 342.73082 DAS | Long Overdue (Lost) | April 28, 2022 |
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Published
New York : Bold Type Books, ©2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-246) and index.
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This provocative account of our immigration system's long, racist history reveals how it has become the brutal machine that upends the lives of millions of immigrants today. Each year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are arrested, imprisoned, and deported, trapped in what leading immigrant rights activist and lawyer Alina Das calls the "deportation machine." The bulk of the arrests target people who have a criminal record -- so-called "criminal aliens"--The majority of whose offenses are immigration-, drug-, or traffic-related. These individuals are uprooted and banished from their homes, their families, and their communities. Through the stories of those caught in the system, Das traces the ugly history of immigration policy to explain how the U.S. constructed the idea of the "criminal alien," effectively dividing immigrants into the categories "good" and "bad," "deserving" and "undeserving." As Das argues, we need to confront the cruelty of the machine so that we can build an inclusive immigration policy premised on human dignity and break the cycle once and for all.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Das, A. (2020). No justice in the shadows: how America criminalizes immigrants (First edition.). Bold Type Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Das, Alina. 2020. No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants. Bold Type Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Das, Alina. No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants Bold Type Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Das, Alina. No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants First edition., Bold Type Books, 2020.
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