Stories by Jacqueline Stevens

Jacqueline Stevens is an associate professor in the Law and Society Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is completing her second book States without Nations.subscribe to Jacqueline  Stevens's rss feed

Shielded from Public Scrutiny, Immigration Judges Ignore Due Process

Posted on Oct 26, 2010, Source: The Nation

Among those stuck in immigration jails today are people with no criminal history and, crucially, no lawyers to demand bond hearings. People who should be free languish for months.

"We Can Make Him Disappear": Immigration Officials Are Holding People In Secret, Unmarked Jails

Posted on Dec 19, 2009, Source: The Nation

In addition to publicly listed field offices and detention sites, ICE is holding prisoners in 186 unlisted, unmarked locations, many in suburban office parks or commercial spaces.

Immigration Police Are Keeping Secret Jails on U.S. Soil

Posted on Dec 19, 2009, Source: The Nation

Immigration agents are holding US residents in unlisted and unmarked subfield offices, turning our legal system upside down.

Amid Anti-Immigrant Fervor, ICE Deporting More American Citizens

Posted on Jun 10, 2008, Source: The Nation

The war on 'illegal immigration' is a war on poor people, U.S. citizens among them.
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