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Migrating to prison : America's obsession with locking up immigrants / César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández.

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Publisher's description: An in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	García Hernández, César Cuauhtémoc (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : The New Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Emigration and immigration law > United States. Noncitizens > Government policy > United States. Noncitizen detention centers > United States. Detention of persons > United States. Immigrant detention centers. United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy. Noncitizen detention centers. Detention of persons. Emigration and immigration > Government policy. Emigration and immigration law. Noncitizens > Government policy. Illegal immigration > Government policy. United States.

Table of Contents:

Laying the groundwork
On the prison's edge
The resurgence of immigration prisons
The immigration prison archipelago
The good immigrant vs. the bad immigrant
The money
Abolishing immigration prisons.