5. Legal and Social Work Responses to the Detained and Deported: Interdisciplinary Reflections and Actions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. FOREWORD: MAYAN MIGRANTS SPEAK OUT. From abUSed: The Postville Raid to Education and Advocacy: One Individual’s Journey xi
5. Introduction: Migration, Detention, and Deportation: Dilemmas and Responses 1
6. PART I. The Legal, Administrative, and Political Responses
7. 1. Unhappy Families: The Failings of Immigration Law for Families That Are Not All Alike 33
8. 2. Improving Conditions of Confinement for Immigrant Detainees: Guideposts Toward a Civil System of Civil Detention 57
9. 3. You Be the Judge: Who Should Preside Over Immigration Cases, Where, and How? 89
10. 4. Immigration Reform: Will New Political Calculations and New Actors Overcome Enforcement Inertia? 113
11. PART II. Interdisciplinary Research, Advocacy, and Actions for and with Migrants Affected by Detention and Deportation
12. 5. Legal and Social Work Responses to the Detained and Deported: Interdisciplinary Reflections and Actions 147
13. 6. Immigrants Facing Detention and Deportation: Psychosocial and Mental Health Issues, Assessment, and Intervention for Individuals and Families 167
14. 7. Participatory Action Research with Transnational and Mixed- Status Families: Understanding and Responding to Post– 9/11 Threats in Guatemala and the United States 193
15. 8. Unwelcome Returns: The Alienation of the New American Diaspora in Salvadoran Society 227
16. ABOUT THE EDITORS 251
17. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 253
18. INDEX 259