Forever prisoners

• Verfasst von: Young, Elliott [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Forever prisoners
• Titelzusatz: how the United States made the world's largest immigrant detention system
• Verf.angabe: Elliott Young
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Illustrationen: illustrations (black and white, and colour).
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2021)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008598-8
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780190085957.001.0001
• Schlagwörter: (g)USA / (s)Einwanderer / (s)Festnahme / (s)Einwanderungspolitik
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Young, Elliott, 1967 - : Forever prisoners. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. - xi, 260 Seiten
• Sach-SW: Alien detention centers
• Sach-SW: Detention of persons
• Sach-SW: Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
• Sach-SW: Human rights
• Sach-SW: Immigrants ; Government policy
• Sach-SW: History
• Geograph. SW: United States
• K10plus-PPN: 1756759278
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Stories of non-US citizens caught in the jaws of the immigration bureaucracy and subject to indefinite detention are in the headlines daily. These men, women, and children remain almost completely without rights, unprotected by law and the Constitution, and their status as outsiders, even though many of have lived and worked in this country for years, has left them vulnerable to the most extreme forms of state power. Although the rhetoric surrounding these individuals is extreme, the US government has been locking up immigrants since the late 19th century, often for indefinite periods and with limited ability to challenge their confinement. 'Forever Prisoners' offers the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States.