{"product_id":"no-justice-in-the-shadows-how-america-criminalizes-immigrants-2","title":"No Justice in the Shadows: How America Criminalizes Immigrants","description":"This provocative account of our immigration system's long, racist history reveals how it has become the brutal machine that upends the lives of millions of immigrants today.\n\nEach year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are arrested, imprisoned, and deported, trapped in what leading immigrant rights activist and lawyer Alina Das calls the \"deportation machine.\" The bulk of the arrests target people who have a criminal record -- so-called \"criminal aliens\" -- the majority of whose offenses are immigration-, drug-, or traffic-related. These individuals are uprooted and banished from their homes, their families, and their communities.\n\nThrough the stories of those caught in the system, Das traces the ugly history of immigration policy to explain how the U.S. constructed the idea of the \"criminal alien,\" effectively dividing immigrants into the categories \"good\" and \"bad,\" \"deserving\" and \"undeserving.\" As Das argues, we need to confront the cruelty of the machine so that we can build an inclusive immigration policy premised on human dignity and break the cycle once and for all.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1568589468\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1568589468.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Das, Alina\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48146553438385,"sku":"RDV.1568589468.VG","price":7.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/no-justice-in-the-shadows-how-america-criminalizes-immigrants-2","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}