Boats, Borders, and Bases: Race, the Cold War, and the Rise of Migration Detention in the United States

by Alison Mountz and Jenna M Loyd

Book Overview

Discussions about U.S. migration policing have traditionally focused on enforcement along the highly charged U.S.-Mexico boundary. Enforcement practices such as detention policies designed to restrict access to asylum also transpire in the Caribbean. Boats, Borders, and Bases tells a missing, racialized history of the U.S. migration detention system that was developed and expanded to deter Haitian and Cuban migrants. Jenna M. Loyd and Alison Mountz...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520287975
• ISBN13: 9780520287976
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"