581 - Section on International Migration Paper Session. Detention, Deportation, and the Refugee Crisis

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

Immigration detention is the fastest growing—yet the least studied—type of incarceration in the United States. A similar pattern is emerging around the world, with the increasing movement of economic migrants and political refugees arriving at the doorsteps of nation states that are not prepared to accept them. Immigration detention and deportation raise new and difficult social, economic, and political questions, especially in light of the refugee crisis. Yet public understanding of these processes is extremely limited. This session will bring together papers that promote our understanding of various aspects of immigration detention, deportation, and the refugee crisis, including the history, origin, and development of detention and deportation policies, and their impact on individuals, families, and communities.

Sub Unit

• Section on International Migration / Detention, Deportation, and the Refugee Crisis

Session Organizer

• Emily Ryo, USC Gould School of Law

Individual Presentations

• Legitimizing Immigration Control: Empathy, Morality, and Criminality at the U.S.-Mexico Border - Irene I. Vega, University of California, Los Angeles

• Latino Deportations and Latino Foreclosures: Connecting the Dots - Jacob S. Rugh, Brigham Young University; Matthew Hall, Cornell University

• Beyond the Border and into the Heartland: Inequality in the Spatial Patterning of U.S. Immigration Enforcement - Margot Moinester, Harvard University

• Qualitative Ignorance Compared: Misperceptions of the Typical Immigrant’s Legal Status in the United States and Europe - Daniel E. Herda, Merrimack College