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Punishment beyond the deportee: The collateral consequences of deportation

Author: 
Tanya Golash-Boza
Publish Date: 
March 13, 2019
Description: 
Deportations from the U.S. reached record highs after the Great Recession. The majority of these deportees have U.S. citizen family members. More than 90% of the deportees are men, and nearly all are sent to Latin America, creating gendered and raced consequences for specific communities. This article discusses these implications.