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Part Three concludes the discussion of “Immigration Enforcement” with an  analysis of  alien apprehension and prosecutorial strategies  used by the Department of Homeland Security to control the behavior of noncitizens in US territory.  The article discusses the deportation mechanism at the Northwest Detention Center and closes with an appeal for fair legal treatment for noncitizens facing deportation.    Border Enforcement  The [...]

Part Two begins by tracing immigration enforcement back to its 19th century origins and the doctrine of plenary powers (PPD). The plenary or absolute power held by the federal government over immigrants enables the criminalization of aliens while depriving them of their legal rights when they are deemed to be deportable. Part Two discusses the [...]

The United States has often been portrayed as remarkably liberal in its openness to immigration flows, but the history of immigration enforcement practices tells a contradictory story. Immigration raids, detentions, and deportations remind us that our openness to new immigrants has been accompanied by a regime of immigration enforcement aimed at not only excluding undesirables [...]