May 1, 2024

Migrant Imprisonment in the United States: Rationales, Practices, and Myths

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Migrant imprisonment operates robustly in the United States, with thousands of people confined daily under civil and criminal legal authority. This article describes migrant prison practices in the United States, arguing that political explanations and judicial analysis rely on legal myths to permit the normalization of imprison-ment.

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César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6c945b6db643587647bcc — DOI: https://doi.org/10.3280/mm2024-001007

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César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

University of Denver

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