RT Article
T1 Understanding the Roots of Latina Migrants' Captivity
JF Social justice
VO 36
IS 2
SP 7
OP 20
A1 Escobar, Martha D.
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747364053
AB This essay discusses the history of the use of prisons in the United States to organize society from the 1970s through 2010, particularly with regard to Latinos. Since changes in the enforcement of immigration laws, Latinos have become the largest ethnic group in the federal prison system. The article focuses on border control between the U.S. and Mexico and the general criminalization of Latino immigrants and especially Latina immigrants.
K1 Mexico-United States relations
K1 Hispanic American prisoners
K1 Immigration law -- United States
K1 Women immigrants
K1 Essays