Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Politics & government

NO JUSTICE IN THE SHADOWS

Alina Das

How america Criminalizes Immigrants

A provocative account of the intersection of race and immigration, showing how criminalization fuels our detention and deportation system-and in the process undermines our nation's commitment to inclusive ideals.

Das explains in her urgent book, we cannot break the pattern of the abuse and marginalization of immigrants in the U.S. until we understand fully how the system works. And in this country, that means understanding how racism and criminalization intersect to doubly punish communities of color. Das traces the history of immigration policy, showing how its evolution has always been linked to racist exclusion. Combining these systems exacerbates the flaws in both-and when 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record, millions are caught in the crosshairs.

This book offers an essential path forward: an inclusive immigration policy premised on human dignity, due process, and respect for all people.

Alina Das is an immigrant rights activist, lawyer, and professor. A professor at New York University School of Law, Das is the Co- Director of the New York University Immigrant Rights Clinic, a leading institution in national and local struggles for immigrant rights. Das lives in New York City.

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Book Published 2020-04-14 by Bold Type Books

Comments

Alina Das was interviewed by The Beachwood Reporter regarding her book and how America criminalizes immigrants. Read more...

This insightful, accessible book from the trenches of deportation defense connects the reader deeply to the actual human beings who suffer, fight and -- win or lose -- assert their own dignity and that of all migrants. Das' breakdown of punitive 1990s policies reveals not only how harmful and discriminatory each is on its own, but also their devastating effect when stacked on top of each other. There is no victory over a racialized immigration system without challenging the hierarchy of 'good' and 'bad' immigrants, a framework that even well-meaning advocates have accepted. There is another way, if we have the courage and the vision to pursue it.

A one-stop shop for anyone who wants to know how the Age of Mass Incarceration fueled the rise of the Deportation Nation, and a stellar unmasking of how legacies of white supremacy continue to stoke the criminalization of non-white immigrants today.

Alina Das' intervew: The Myth of the "Bad" Immigrant Read more...

Alina Das has written a riveting account of the cruelty and inhumanity of our immigration system. You can no longer say you did not know or sit on the sidelines. This book is powerful, informative, moving, and most importantly, a call to action to protect our immigrant neighbors and commit to building a country that respects the dignity of all people.

Alina Das' book is a necessary and compelling read to understand how the immigration system in the United States targets Black and Brown immigrants. Das writes with compassion about her clients whose lives are altered by cruel and arbitrary immigration policies that aim to exclude, ban, separate, detain and deport millions of people. Das' book urgently reminds us that ending white supremacy requires the dismantlement of the structures and policies that undergird today's immigration system.

Alina Das' op-ed calling for the end of the deportation machine Read more...