Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor and Global Capitalism

by Tanya Maria Golash-Boza

Book Overview

Winner, 2016 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association Latino/a Section

The intimate stories of 147 deportees that exposes the racialized and gendered dimensions of mass deportations in the U.S.

The United States currently is deporting more people than ever before: 4 million people have been deported since 1997 -twice as many as all people deported prior...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479843970
• ISBN13: 9781479843978
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Shows that the immigration system is meant to be against non-violent people

This is the author behind Immigration Nation, which is a documentary on Netflix. I'm happy more people are becoming aware of the abuses of ICE and immigration law, but I personally couldn't sit through the documentary. Spanish is the language of my family life, and it felt very personal to see grown men cry because they were separated from their toddlers. I felt like that was my uncle and I also had no idea where my cousin went. However, I know I still come from a privileged position since I have birthright citizenship, so I started to read the author behind the documentary. This is an excellent read if you want to understand how immigration works within the neoliberal market, and the ramifications for the immigrants themselves. I would recommend, and I look forward to reading other works by Golash-Boza.