Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American Diaspora

by Daniel Kanstroom

Book Overview

Since 1996, when new, harsher deportation laws went into effect, the United States has deported millions of noncitizens back to their countries of origin. While the rights of immigrants-with or without legal status--as well as the appropriate pathway to legal status are the subject of much debate, hardly any attention has been paid to what actually happens to deportees once they "pass beyond our aid." In fact, we have fostered a new diaspora of deportees,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199742723
• ISBN13: 9780199742721
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"