Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor and Global Capitalism (Latina/o Sociology, 6) Paperback – December 11, 2015

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This is a very important, very readable work based on ethnographic interviews conducted in various Latin American and Caribbean countries. Golash-Boza also happens to be one of the foremost scholars on contemporary immigration and I follow her work closely. In this particular book she has interviewed actual deportees about what brought them to the U.S., their experiences in the U.S., of course the details of why they were deported, and the details of life after deportation. Her meticulous research offers us a rare opportunity to really see the other side of deportation.I also want to address the theoretical framework proposed in the book. It is a rigorous and very important contribution to the way we MUST think about international migration (and deportation). It also offers us a way to understand why people come from various countries seldom found in other books on migration/immigration.I really feel strongly that this is a must read book. The other reviews that came before me are worthless. I am a sociology professor and have not only read many books on migration/immigration, but I have required this book in my upper division course on global migration and the students LOVED this book. They and I both keep coming back to it. It has much to offer.

This is not as insightful as you'd think. Definitely written for individuals who are already familiar with the terms and verbiageOverly dramatic. Would not recommend. You can get the pdf version for $17 on google books

This is not a reasoned sociological inquiry...it is simply another attempt to normalize illegal border crossings, by calling it 'immigration'. The author claims to speak to 'young immigrants' to collect their stories, but she only means deported illegals. The casual slippage between legal status is insulting, and fails to adequately detail the politics of emigration and immigration. It's funny...no one interviews the global poor who bother to wait in line. No one collects their sob stories. They too are part of the circuit of modern capitalism, but are typically silenced by those who argue for amnesty. This is all this book is...a sequence of anecdotes which posits an evil border system, with innocent global migrants...a polemic for no borders, open access. I would love to ask the author one question - does she essentially believe in the free movement of labor, and yet also believe in a functioning welfare state of any kind?

Biased viewpoint designed to legitimize crime