Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery


Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery

By Doris Meissner, Donald M. Kerwin, Muzaffar Chishti, and Claire Bergeron

The US government spends more on federal immigration enforcement than on all other principal federal criminal law enforcement agencies combined, and has allocated nearly $187 billion for immigration enforcement since 1986. Deportations have reached record highs, border apprehensions 40-year lows, and more noncitizens than ever before are in immigration detention. The report traces the evolution of the immigration enforcement system, particularly in the post-9/11 era, in terms of budgets, personnel, enforcement actions, and technology – analyzing how individual programs and policies have resulted in a complex, interconnected, cross-agency system...

http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/enforcementpillars.pdf


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  • LIVE on C-SPAN3: Immigration Policy, Panel 2
http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN3/
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As Chicanos we need to amplify our voices about the Immigration Hearings and Discussions that are going on right now.

Where is the Chicano vanguard leadership? Chicano media?
Remember we are indigenous to the Americas.
Venceremos! We Will Win! Educate to Liberate!
Peter S. Lopez AKA @Peta_de_Aztlan
Sacramento, California

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