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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231141297
• ISBN13: 9780231141291
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"