Deported

Deported was one of the first books I read that fully explained the links between deportation and inequality, in both readable and evidence-backed ways.

I appreciate it for the way it uses riveting narratives from deportees themselves, to demonstrate how the unequal conditions of global capitalism spur migration in the first place, while inequality in the United States leads to the criminalization and deportation of men of color.

This book stands out to me in its focus on Black and Afro-Latinx immigrants from the Caribbean, a group known to be targeted by the US War on Drugs, who are often… show more.

This book brilliantly explains how immigration enforcement is used to keep labor cheap, control immigrant workers, and fuel global economic growth.

While Golash-Boza focuses on deportation, her cutting analysis of neoliberal capitalism and the critical role of immigrant labor can be applied to understanding why immigration detention has also exploded in recent decades.

Drawing on personal stories, Golaish-Boza shows how Black and Latino men are disproportionately policed, criminalized, and caught up in the immigration enforcement “dragnet,” all in service of shoring up the U.S. (and global) economy.