Crimmigration law / César Cuauhtémoc, Garcia Hernández.

"At its most basic, "crimmigration" law describes the convergence of two distinct bodies of law: criminal law and procedure with immigration law and procedure. This book lays out crimmigration law's contours. It tracks the legal developments that have created crimmigration law an...

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Main Author: García Hernández, César Cuauhtémoc (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, [2021]
Edition:Second edition.
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Summary:"At its most basic, "crimmigration" law describes the convergence of two distinct bodies of law: criminal law and procedure with immigration law and procedure. This book lays out crimmigration law's contours. It tracks the legal developments that have created crimmigration law and explains the many ways in which the stark line that once appeared to keep criminal law firmly divided from immi-gration law has melted away. In doing so, it highlights crimmigration law's most salient features-its ability to substantially raise the stakes of criminal prosecutions by dramati-cally expanding the list of crimes that can result in removal from the United States, its willingness to freely rely on crimes that apply only to migrants, and its vast dependence on detention as a means of policing immigration law"--
Physical Description:x, 290 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781641059459
1641059451