Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration Imprisonment’s Failures by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
Immigration Imprisonment’s Failures by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, University of Denver Sturm College of Law January 19, 2017 U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-02
Abstract: Immigration imprisonment, the practice of depriving people of their liberty in secure settings due to a violation of immigration law, has rapidly increased in recent decades. Courts, politicians, and commentators assume its necessity without questioning its legitimacy. This article addresses the formal justifications offered in defense of civil immigration detention and incarceration associated with criminal immigration activity, and concludes that immigration imprisonment as currently articulated in legal doctrine lacks a defensible justification.
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