Reflections on the Great Immigration Battle of 2006 and the Future of the Americas

• Published in: Social justice (San Francisco, Calif.) Vol. 33; no. 1 (103); pp. 6 - 20
• Main Author: Jonas, Susanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Social Justice 01.01.2006; Crime and Social Justice Associates
• Subjects: Aliens; Borders; Citizenship; Civil rights; Criminology; Demonstrations & protests; Deportation; Emigration and immigration law; Hispanics; Immigration; Immigration law; Immigration Policy; International borders; Interpretation and construction; Latin American Cultural Groups; National Security; Nativism; Noncitizens; North and South; Policy making; Policy Reform; Political debate; Political parties; Politicians; Social policy; Social protest; U.S.A; Undocumented Immigrants; United States; United States of America; United States; United States > US
• ISSN: 1043-1578; 2327-641X

Jonas outlines some possible future reverberations of the immigration battle of 2006, in which millions of demonstrators, primarily but not exclusively Latinos, marched throughout the US in response to proposed federal legislation that would criminalize as aggravated felons and deport the 10 to 12 million undocumented immigrants currently living and working in the US. She also details a decade of unprecedented abuse and punishment of immigrants, both documented and undocumented, in the form of immigration, welfare, and anti-terrorism legislation that has created a national security regime for immigrants.