The Criminalization of Immigration: Truth, Lies, Tragedy, and Consequences

Author:   Robert Hartmann McNamara (The Citadel, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Edition:   NIPPOD
ISBN:  

9798765126240


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 May 2024
Format:   Paperback
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The Criminalization of Immigration: Truth, Lies, Tragedy, and Consequences


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This book presents the history of immigration to the United States, debates over criminalization under the Trump administration, and the effects on immigrants, U.S. residents, the U.S. economy, and its relationships with other nations. 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.

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Author:   Robert Hartmann McNamara (The Citadel, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Edition:   NIPPOD
ISBN:  

9798765126240


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Criminalization of Immigration in the United States 3. The Police and Immigration 4. Immigration and the Courts 5. The Detention and Deportation of Immigrants 6. The Consequences of Criminalizing Immigration 7. Framing the Immigration Problem Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Recommended…. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers. * Choice *


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Robert Hartmann McNamara is professor of criminal justice at the Citadel in Charleston, USA.

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