Humanizing Immigration
How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System
Published on 24. October 2023
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-8070-0802-7 (ISBN)
Description
"First book to argue that immigrant and refugee rights are part of the fight for racial justice; offers a humanitarian approach to reform and abolition"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-0802-7 (9780807008027)
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10/2023
Beacon Press
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Bill Ong Hing is Professor of Law and Migration Studies at the University of San Francisco, and Professor of Law and Asian American Studies Emeritus, at UC Davis. Previously on the law faculties at Stanford University and Golden Gate University, he founded the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco and directs their Immigration & Deportation Defense Clinic. Professor Hing teaches Immigration Law & Policy, Migration Studies, Rebellious Lawyering, and Evidence, is the author of 6 books, and was co-counsel in the US Supreme Court asylum precedent-setting case INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca (1987).
Content
Preface
CHAPTER 1
An Introduction to the Racial Injustice of Immigration Law
CHAPTER 2
The Inhumane Treatment of Detained Children
CHAPTER 3
Deporting Aggravated Felons
CHAPTER 4
Deporting Antonio Sanchez: The Failure of Prosecutorial Discretion and Cancellation of Removal
CHAPTER 5
Giving the Benefit of the Doubt to Asylum Seekers
CHAPTER 6
Dysfunctional Immigration Courts
EPILOGUE
On Disruption
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1
Historical Overview: The Racism of US Immigration Laws and Enforcement
APPENDIX TO THE EPILOGUE
Disruptive Racial Justice Courtroom Strategies
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
CHAPTER 1
An Introduction to the Racial Injustice of Immigration Law
CHAPTER 2
The Inhumane Treatment of Detained Children
CHAPTER 3
Deporting Aggravated Felons
CHAPTER 4
Deporting Antonio Sanchez: The Failure of Prosecutorial Discretion and Cancellation of Removal
CHAPTER 5
Giving the Benefit of the Doubt to Asylum Seekers
CHAPTER 6
Dysfunctional Immigration Courts
EPILOGUE
On Disruption
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1
Historical Overview: The Racism of US Immigration Laws and Enforcement
APPENDIX TO THE EPILOGUE
Disruptive Racial Justice Courtroom Strategies
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index