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In the shadow of liberty : the invisible history of immigrant detention in the United States / Ana Raquel Minian.

by Minian, Ana Raquel, 1983- author.

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[New York, New York] : Viking, [2024]

Noncitizen detention centers -- United States -- History.

Immigrants -- United States -- History.

Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.

9780593654255 (hardcover) :

0593654250 (hardcover)

xvi, 367 pages ; 24 cm

Christian land -- Lady Liberty greets European immigrants -- Cubans are welcome -- A safe haven -- Entry fiction -- Ellis Island was a prison -- Out on bond -- The Constitution does not apply -- "An Enlightened Civilization" -- Back to the dark -- Family separation -- Uprising -- Guantánamo -- Law and torture -- Intergenerational trauma -- Dreams deferred -- Epilogue: Freedom.

"A probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United States, deepening urgent national conversations around migration. In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as children were torn from their parents at the US-Mexico border under Trump's "family separation" policy. But as historian Ana Raquel Minian reveals in In the Shadow of Liberty, this was only the latest chapter in a saga tracing back to the 1800s-one in which immigrants to the United States have been held without recourse to their constitutional rights. Braiding together the vivid stories of four migrants seeking to escape the turmoil of their homelands for the promise of America, In the Shadow of Liberty gives this history a human face, telling the dramatic story of Central American asylum seeker, a Cuban exile, a European war bride, and a Chinese refugee. As we travel alongside these indelible characters, In the Shadow of Liberty explores how sites of rightlessness have evolved, and what their existence has meant for our body politic. Though these "black sites" exist out of view for the average American, their reach extends into all of our lives: the explosive growth of the for-profit prison industry traces its origins to the immigrant detention system, as does the emergence of Guantanamo and the gradual unraveling of the right to bail and the presumption of innocence. Through these narratives, we see how the changing political climate surrounding immigration has played out in individual lives, and at what cost. But as these stories demonstrate, it doesn't have to be like this, and a better way might be possible"-- Provided by publisher.

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