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Detention of Immigrant Children [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2017 This Policy Statement was reaffirmed November 2022. Immigrant children seeking safe haven in the United States, whether arriving unaccompanied or in family units, face a complicated evaluation and legal process from the point of arrival through permanent resettlement in communities.
Julie M. Linton +12 more
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The scene and the unseen: Neglect and death in immigration detention and aged care
Incarceration, 2022 Institutional confinement is paradoxically characterised by intense surveillance, while those confined are often rendered invisible as persons of value and agency.
C. Loughnan
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Administration & Society, 2021 Based on interviews with bureaucrats and judges in several Swiss cantons, this article analyzes how bureaucrats decide to order immigration detention and how the judicial review shapes their decisions. The authors argue that discretionary decision-making
Jonathan Miaz, Christin Achermann
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Clinicians’ perceptions of the health status of formerly detained immigrants
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background In the past decade, the U.S. immigration detention system regularly detained more than 30,000 people per day; in 2019 prior to the pandemic, the daily detention population exceeded 52,000 people.
Kathryn Hampton +5 more
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Detained during a Pandemic: Human Rights behind Locked Doors
Social Sciences, 2021 Every year, thousands of people are detained in United States immigration detention centers. Built to prison specifications and often run by private companies, these detention centers have long been criticized by academics and advocacy groups.
Justine N. Stefanelli
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Immigration Detention, Inc. [PDF]
Journal on Migration and Human Security, 2018 This article addresses the influence of economic inequality on immigration detention. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detains roughly 350,000 migrants each year and maintains more than 30,000 beds each day. This massive detention system raises issues of economic power and powerlessness.
Denise Gilman, Luis A. Romero
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Women’s experiences of indignity in immigration detention and beyond
Incarceration, 2022 In this article, I set out to define dignity in immigration detention and beyond. Throughout this piece, I will examine the role of dignity in detention, and the way in which the existence of ‘dignity’ in detention impacts on people when they are in ...
A. Gerlach
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Social Sciences, 2021 Past research shows that crises reveal the sensitive spots of established ideologies and practices, thereby providing opportunities for social change. We investigated immigration control amid the pandemic crisis, focusing on potential openings for both ...
Wenjie Liao +3 more
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The Mental Health Burden of Immigration Detention: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Kriminologie - Das Online-Journal, 2020 This study provides up-to-date meta-analytic estimates of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of people in immigration detention.
Stéphanie Baggio +8 more
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Migration Studies, 2021 This article considers the legitimacy deficits of immigration control in the eyes of unwanted migrants. We explore the consequences of globalisation-related changes in the institution of citizenship for the perceived legitimacy and operation of ...
M. Houte +3 more
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