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Immigration, Criminalization, and Disobedience [PDF]

, 2016
This symposium essay explores two contending visions of immigration justice: one focused on expanding procedural rights for immigrants, and a second associated with a movement of immigrant youth who have come out en masse as “undocumented and unafraid ...
McLeod, Allegra M.
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Asylum Seekers Living in the Australian Community: A Casework and Reception Approach, Asylum Seeker Project, Hotham Mission, Melbourne

Refuge, 2004
In Australia, asylum seekers either are detained in immigration detention centres or, depending upon their mode of entry into Australia and the status of their application for protection, live in the community, often in a state of abject poverty.
Grant Mitchell, Sara Kirsner
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Detained and at Risk: Sexual Abuse and Harassment in United States Immigration Detention [PDF]

, 2010
In May 2010, reports surfaced that the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) was investigating allegations that a guard at a Texas immigration detention center had sexually assaulted several female detainees.
Meghan Rhoad
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Immigration-Related Detention: Current Legislative Issues [PDF]

, 2012
[Excerpt] As Congress considers reforms to the nation’s immigration system, the detention of noncitizens (aliens) in the United States will likely be an issue.
Siskin, Alison
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Locking Up Family Values: The Detention of Immigrant Families [PDF]

, 2007
On any given day the U.S. government has the capacity to detain over 600 men, women and children apprehended as family units along the U.S. border and within the interior of the country.
Emily Butera, Michelle Brane
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Voices from Varick: Detainee Grievances at New York City's Only Federal Immigration Detention Facility [PDF]

, 2010
Analyzes one year of grievances filed by immigration detainees housed in the Varick Federal Detention Facility. It documents detainee stories of inadequate medical care and mistreatment by the facility's staff.
Alia Al-Khatib, Michael Cummings, Mohammed Gangat, Udi Ofer   +3 more
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Locked Up But Not Forgotten: Opening Access to Family & Community in the Immigration Detention System [PDF]

, 2010
The Obama administration has committed itself to reforming the nation's expansive and controversial immigration detention system. In August of 2009, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (
Carolyn Corrado, Ruben Loyo
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From Borders to Cells: The Evolution of British Immigration Detention, 1905-1970

Cahiers du MIMMOC
This research paper examines the historical development of immigration detention in the UK, tracing its roots back to the Aliens Act of 1905. It highlights how wartime internments, particularly during WWI and WWII, normalized the detention of foreign ...
Samuel Malby
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“Do You Want to Help or Go to War?”: Ethical Challenges of Critical Research in Immigration Detention in Canada

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2018
In a time of mass displacement, countries across the globe are seeking to protect borders through coercive methods of deterrence such as immigration detention. In Canada, migrants—including children—may be detained in penal facilities having neither been
Rachel Kronick, Janet Cleveland, Cécile Rousseau   +2 more
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Caught in a gap? An examination and human rights assessment of immigration detention laws and practices in South Africa [PDF]

, 2013
: This study examines the laws and practices relating to immigration detention in South Africa. It provides an in-depth examination of the legislation, with reference to known state practices and cases where migrants have been subjected to prolonged ...
Tay, Roanna
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