Keeping Out the Other: A Critical Introduction to Immigration Enforcement Today

Book Overview

America's reputation for open immigration has always been accompanied by a desire to remove or discourage the migration of "undesirables." But recent restrictions placed on immigrants, along with an increase in detentions and deportations, point to a more worrying trend. Immigration enforcement has become the fastest growing sector for spending over the past two decades, dwarfing the money spent on helping immigrants adjust to their new lives. Instead...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231141289
• ISBN13: 9780231141284
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher