Description: This book provides the first in-depth history of immigration detention in the United States. Employing extensive archival research to document the origins and development of immigration detention in the U.S. from 1973 to 2000, it reveals how the world's largest detention system originated in the U.S. government's campaign to exclude Haitians from American shores, and how resistance by Haitians and their allies constantly challenged the detention regime.
Brief description: Carl Lindskoog is assistant professor of history at Raritan Valley Community College.
Review Quotes: "Provides a valuable road map of the tangled law and politics of U.S. immigration policies."--Foreign Affairs