Rights, Deportation, and Detention in the Age of Immigration Control

257 Pages·2015·3.255 MB·English

by  Tom K. Wong

Rights, Deportation, and Detention in the
Age of Immigration Control

Rights, Deportation,
and Detention in the Age of
Immigration Control
Tom K. Wong
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
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Wong, Tom K., author.
Rights, deportation, and detention in the age of immigration control / Tom K. Wong.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-0-8047-9306-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
  isbn 978-0-8047-9457-2 (electronic)
1. Emigration and immigration—Government policy. 2. Emigration and immigration law.
3. Immigrants—Civil rights. 4. Deportation. 5. Alien detention centers. I. Title.
jv6271.w66 2015
325—dc23
2014038930
Typeset by Newgen in 10/14 Minion
For Rose, Soul, Pace, and Ever

Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
List of Selected Abbreviations xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Immigration Control in the Age of Migration 1
2 Human Rights and Immigration Control Wrongs 27
3 Deportation Nations 65
4 The Labyrinth of Immigration Detention 109
5 An Effective Deterrent or Smoke and Mirrors? 144
6 Conclusion: Migrants, Agency, and the Future of
Immigration Control 166
Appendix 1: Methodological Notes in the Analysis of
Ratification of the ICRMW 175
Appendix 2: Methodological Notes in the Analysis of
Deportations 179
Appendix 3: Methodological Notes in the Analysis of
Immigration Detention 187
Appendix 4: Methodological Notes in the Analysis of
the Impact of Immigration Control 189
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Notes 193
Bibliography 199
Index 225
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Figures and Tables
Figures
1 .1 Annual immigration to the United States and European Union,
2000–2011 14
2 .1 Rate of ratification for the core UN human rights treaties 36
2 .2 Immigration and the predicted probability of ratifying
the ICRMW 59
2 .3 Relationship between ratification of the ICRMW and
remittances 60
2 .4 Immigration, the ICRMW global rate of ratification, and
the predicted probability of ratifying the ICRMW 63
3 .1 U.S. share of total deportations across Western immigrant-
receiving democracies, 2000–2009 85
3 .2 Comparing deportations across the United States and
European Union, 2000–2009 86
3 .3 Immigration-to-deportation ratio, 2000–2009 87
3 .4 Comparing the immigration-to-deportation ratio across
the United States and European Union, 2000–2009 88
3 .5 Immigration-to-deportation ratio by country 89
3 .6 Deportation per total population by country 90
3 .7 The politics of immigration control 98 S
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