| Protect, Serve, and Deport: The Rise of Policing as Immigration Enforcement Contributor(s): Armenta, Amada (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520296303 ISBN-13: 9780520296305 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Immigration - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Political Science | American Government - Local |
| Dewey: 363.259 |
| LCCN: 2017009460 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Nashville, Tennessee - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, the UC Press open access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Protect, Serve, and Deport exposes the on-the-ground workings of local immigration enforcement in Nashville, Tennessee. Between 2007 and 2012, Nashville's local jail participated in an immigration enforcement program called 287(g), which turned jail employees into immigration officers who identified over ten thousand removable immigrants for deportation. The vast majority of those identified for removal were not serious criminals, but Latino residents arrested by local police for minor violations. Protect, Serve, and Deport explains how local politics, state laws, institutional policies, and police practices work together to deliver immigrants into an expanding federal deportation system, conveying powerful messages about race, citizenship, and belonging. |