The Slow Violence of Immigration Court: Procedural Justice on Trial - Couverture souple

Barak, Maya Pagni

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1479821047 ISBN 13 : 9781479821044

Editeur : New York University Press, 2023

Synopsis

The arduous, confusing and fraught journey that immigrants take through immigration court

Each year, hundreds of thousands of migrants are moved through immigration court. With a national backlog surpassing one million cases, court hearings take years and most migrants will eventually be ordered deported. The Slow Violence of Immigration Court sheds light on the experiences of migrants from the "Northern Triangle" (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) as they navigate legal processes, deportation proceedings, immigration court, and the immigration system writ large.

Grounded in the illuminating stories of people facing deportation, the family members who support them, and the attorneys who defend them, The Slow Violence of Immigration Court invites readers to question matters of fairness and justice and the fear of living with the threat of deportation. Although the spectacle of violence created by family separation and deportation is perceived as extreme and unprecedented, these long legal proceedings are masked in the mundane and are often overlooked, ignored, and excused. In an urgent call to action, Maya Pagni Barak deftly demonstrates that deportation and family separation are not abhorrent anomalies, but are a routine, slow form of violence at the heart of the U.S. immigration system.

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À propos de l?auteur

Maya Pagni Barak is Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and an affiliate of Women's and Gender Studies ​at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. She is the author of The Slow Violence of Immigration Court: Procedural Justice on Trial

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1479821047
• ISBN 13: 9781479821044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible