Migrating to Prison

America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants

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Pub Date 03 Dec 2019 | Archive Date 10 Dec 2019

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system, with a new epilogue by the author

“Argues compellingly that immigrant advocates shouldn’t content themselves with debates about how many thousands of immigrants to lock up, or other minor tweaks.” —Gus Bova, Texas Observer

For most of America’s history, we simply did not lock people up for migrating here. Yet over the last thirty years, the federal and state governments have increasingly tapped their powers to incarcerate people accused of violating immigration laws.

Migrating to Prison takes a hard look at the immigration prison system’s origins, how it currently operates, and why. A leading voice for immigration reform, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández explores the emergence of immigration imprisonment in the mid-1980s and looks at both the outsized presence of private prisons and how those on the political right continue, disingenuously, to link immigration imprisonment with national security risks and threats to the rule of law.

Now with an epilogue that brings it into the Biden administration, Migrating to Prison is an urgent call for the abolition of immigration prisons and a radical reimagining of who belongs in the United States.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system, with a new epilogue by the author

“Argues...


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ISBN 9781620974209
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PAGES 224

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Migrating to Prison was a fast and powerful read. The Hernandez , a lawyer and leading scholar on the issue of immigration writes clearly and in understandable terms about a complex topic. He writes about his own experience as an immigrant to great effect and expertly covers the long and tragic history of locking up immigrants. The stories of modern day immigrants who languish in confinement were gripping and his section of the economics of immigrant detention were insightful. This book is a must read for anyone wanting to stay up to date and informed on the issue of immigration and immigration prisons. I recommend it highly.

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