{"product_id":"welcome-the-wretched-csar-cuauhtmoc-garca-hern-ndez-9781620977798","title":"Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the \"Criminal Alien\"","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful argument for separating immigration enforcement from the criminal legal system, by one of the nation's foremost \"crimmigration\" experts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fevered battles over immigration, Democrats and Republicans alike agree on this: that migrants who have committed a crime have no place in this country. But targeting migrants because they have committed a crime is a short-sighted appeal to nativist fear. To predicate a migrant's right to stay in the country on whether they are law-abiding and therefore deserving or \"criminal\" and undeserving does little to improve public safety and has an especially devastating impact on low-income migrants of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile C駸ar Cuauht駑oc Garc? Hern疣dez's first book, \u003cem\u003eMigrating to Prison\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on the explosion of migrant detention centers over the past decades, \u003cem\u003eWelcome the Wretched\u003c\/em\u003e tackles head-on what happens when a deeply flawed and racist criminal legal system and immigration system converge to senselessly cruel effect. Drawing on everything from history to legal analyses and philosophy, Garc? Hern疣dez counters the fundamental assumption that criminal activity has a rightful place in immigration matters, arguing that instead of using the criminal legal system to identify people to deport, the United States should place a reimagined sense of citizenship and solidarity at the center of immigration policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C駸ar Cuauht駑oc Garc? Hern疣dez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620977796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620977798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 103","brand":"C駸ar Cuauht駑oc Garc? Hern疣dez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44321386627327,"sku":"9781620977798","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_571e81ae-5cf1-4fd8-85af-489916c1f49a.jpg?v=1696330626","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/welcome-the-wretched-csar-cuauhtmoc-garca-hern-ndez-9781620977798","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}