Thinking (and Moving) Beyond Walls And Cages: Bridging Immigrant Justice and Anti-Prison Organizing In the United States

This article suggests a relation between immigration justice and anti-prison advocacy in the United States. The authors describe prisons as a sort of border as a means of making a comparison to efforts to intensify U.S. border fortification. The article cites examples of policing practices that are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loyd, Jenna M. (Author)
Contributors: Burridge, Andrew ; Mitchelson, Matthew
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Social justice
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 85-103
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Immigrants > Social conditions
Immigrants > United States
Immigration advocates
Immigration opponents
Immigration policy
Imprisonment > United States
Imprisonment rates
Prison System
Social advocacy
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Summary:This article suggests a relation between immigration justice and anti-prison advocacy in the United States. The authors describe prisons as a sort of border as a means of making a comparison to efforts to intensify U.S. border fortification. The article cites examples of policing practices that are stated to isolate groups both discursively and politically from each other. The article discusses how criminalization and exclusionary migration policies create categories of people who are not given the same rights as U.S. citizens.