César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández: The Immigration Crisis Archive
In this article, The Immigration Crisis Archive, César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández looks at four interesting books on U.S. immigration nforcement. He contends that “a new consensus has emerged. Even today, something that liberals and conservatives agree on, surprisingly, is controlling immigration. Though they disagree on particulars, they believe that immigration can and should be limited. So, when it comes to US policies toward migrants, today’s cruelty is fundamentally bipartisan.”
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(1) Daniel Bly Tyx, Angry Tías: Cruelty and Compassion on the US-Mexico Border
(3) Carl Lindskoog, Detain and Punish: Haitian Refugees and the Rise of the World’s Largest Immigration Detention System
(4) Nancy Hiemstra, Detain and Deport: The Chaotic US Immigration Enforcement RegimeLost Children Archive.
The somber conclusion reminds the reader that President Trump is not the first presiodent to employ mass detention as an immigration enforcement tool:
“Migration law and politics need the kind of pre- and post-Trumpian analysis that these books, with their historical insights and people-centered narratives, offer. It’s right to be indignant about the Trump administration’s policies. But it’s wrong to assume that the indignity the president relishes is new.”
KJ