Brutal Borders? Examining the Treatment of Deportees During Arrest and Detention

Recent legislation has produced a dramatic rise in the detention and removal of immigrants from the United States. Drawing on interviews with a random sample of Salvadoran deportees, we examine treatment during arrest and detention. Our findings indicate: (1) deportees are often subject to verbal ha...

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Published inSocial forces Vol. 85; no. 1; pp. 93 - 109
Main Authors Phillips, Scott, Hagan, Jacqueline Maria, Rodriguez, Nestor
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chapel Hill, NC The University of North Carolina Press 01.09.2006
University of North Carolina Press
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Abuse
Aliens
Antisocial Behavior
Arrest
Arrests
Borders
Citizens
Citizenship
Civil Rights
Crime
Criminal arrests
Criminal justice
Criminology
Cultures and civilizations
Data Collection
Departments
Deportation
Detention
Ecological modeling
El Salvador
Emigration and immigration law
Employee placement
Ethnic relations. Racism
Federal Legislation
Foreign Countries
Government regulation
Harassment
Holistic Approach
Illegal immigrants
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration law
Immigration policy
Interpretation and construction
Interviews
Jacobs, David
Job Placement
Latin American Cultural Groups
Laws, regulations and rules
Legislation
Noncitizens
Organization
Police
Policy analysis
Prisoner treatment
Refugees
Regression analysis
Social Discrimination
Social research
Sociology
U.S.A
United States
United States of America
Verbal Communication
Violent crimes
El Salvador
United States Of America
San Salvador
United States
United States > US
Immigrant
Violence
Expulsion
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Summary:Recent legislation has produced a dramatic rise in the detention and removal of immigrants from the United States. Drawing on interviews with a random sample of Salvadoran deportees, we examine treatment during arrest and detention. Our findings indicate: (1) deportees are often subject to verbal harassment, procedural failings and use of force; (2) force tends to be excessive; (3) force is more common against deportees than citizens; (4) situational contingencies and organizational actors influence force, but ecological settings do not.
Bibliography:The authors wish to thank Luis Perdomo, the Director of Bienvenido a Casa, for his generous support and guidance throughout the project, and Janet Chafetz for comments on an earlier draft. The research was financed in part by the Ford Foundation and the Center for Immigration Research at the University of Houston.
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ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.1353/sof.2006.0137