The Criminalization of Immigration: truth, lies, tragedy, and consequences

"Robert Hartmann McNamara offers a comprehensive understanding of past and current immigration policy in the United States and exposes falsehoods in the rhetoric and narrative portraying Latino and Mexican immigrants in the U.S. Repeated statements by federal officials, including the U.S. presi...

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Main Author: McNamara, Robert Hartmann 1960- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York London Oxford New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2024
In:Year: 2020
Edition:Paperback edition
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
États-Unis - Émigration et immigration - Politique gouvernementale
États-Unis - Émigration et immigration - Aspect économique
États-Unis - Émigration et immigration - Aspect social
USA > Zuwanderungsrecht > Politik > Migration > Desinformation > Rassismus > Fremdenfeindlichkeit
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Summary:"Robert Hartmann McNamara offers a comprehensive understanding of past and current immigration policy in the United States and exposes falsehoods in the rhetoric and narrative portraying Latino and Mexican immigrants in the U.S. Repeated statements by federal officials, including the U.S. president, that immigrants pose a threat to national security, contribute to crime, and take jobs away from native-born residents have predicated intensified immigration enforcement and deportation policies. However, the evidence has consistently concluded that these narratives are inaccurate. This book highlights white nationalism as a backdrop to understanding current immigration policy and tactics. It examines how political and economic factors, broadly defined as neoliberal policies, shape the immigration narrative and unpacks the criminal justice system's role in immigration, law enforcement efforts, problems with immigration courts and judges, and the detention of immigrants as part of a larger mass incarceration of people of color. Finally, the text illuminates the reasons for massive migration, with the U.S. contributing to the problem by supporting regimes that endorse or allow humanitarian crises."--Publisher's website
Item Description:First published by ABC-CLIO 2020
Selected Bibliography: Seite 207-215, Index
Physical Description:xiii, 219 Seiten Diagramme 24 cm
ISBN:9798765126240