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.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on Jun 10, 2008, Source: The Nation
The war on 'illegal immigration' is a war on poor people, U.S. citizens among them.