Detention, Deportation, and the Lives In Between
Books that trace how U.S. deportation enforcement is built, challenged in court, and experienced by the families and communities caught in its reach.
Optimized for books about Books explaining U.S. deportation and detention policy, legal fights, and their human consequences.
In the Shadow of LibertyAna Raquel MinianAna Raquel Minian traces how deportation power is built and exercised and illuminates the human toll that court...Shelf signal: Immigration & Emigration
SeparatedJacob SoboroffSoboroff provides reporting and narrative on recent enforcement policies and child and family separation that...Shelf signal: Immigration Policy
The Undocumented AmericansKarla Cornejo VillavicencioKarla Cornejo Villavicencio gives a personal, ground-level portrait of undocumented lives vulnerable to expanded...Shelf signal: Immigration & Emigration
The Line Becomes a RiverFrancisco CantúFrancisco Cantu offers frontline insight into border enforcement practices and the institutional logic that produces...Shelf signal: Personal Memoirs
The End of the MythGreg GrandinGreg Grandin situates contemporary deportation politics in a longer history of U.S. territorial and exclusionary policy...Shelf signal: Immigration Policy
Dreaming of HomeCristina JiménezCristina Jiménez, as an organizer and writer, connects policy shifts to advocacy, legal strategy, and political...Shelf signal: Hispanic & Latino Biography