Giving Critical Context to the Deportee Phenomenon

Part of a special issue on immigration rights and national insecurity. The deportation of people from Britain, Canada, and especially the U.S. to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries has been blamed for soaring crime rates in the region. In fact, most deportees are returned for nominal infractions...

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Autor principal: Headley, Bernard 1946- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2006
En: Social justice
Año: 2006, Volumen: 33, Número: 1, Páginas: 40-56
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Patterson, P. J., 1935-
Government agencies
Exiles
Offenses against the person
Crimes against humanity
Homicide
Murder
Social Problems
Deportation > United States
Deportation
Jamaicans > United States
Crime
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Sumario:Part of a special issue on immigration rights and national insecurity. The deportation of people from Britain, Canada, and especially the U.S. to Jamaica and other Caribbean countries has been blamed for soaring crime rates in the region. In fact, most deportees are returned for nominal infractions of America's Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996; also among their numbers are expelled undocumented workers and visa overstayers, nonreporting green card holders and out-of-status students, apprehended stowaways, and rejected asylum seekers. Such deportations are more about enforcing the sanctions of the legislation and freeing up prison space than about serious criminality among the deportees.
ISSN:2327-641X