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  • Illegal

  • How America's Lawless Immigration Regime Threatens Us All
  • By: Elizabeth F. Cohen
  • Narrated by: Ginger White
  • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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Illegal

By: Elizabeth F. Cohen
Narrated by: Ginger White
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Publisher's summary

A political scientist explains how the American immigration system ran off the rails - and proposes a bold plan for reform

Under the Trump administration, US immigration agencies terrorize the undocumented, target people who are here legally, and even threaten the constitutional rights of American citizens. How did we get to this point?

In Illegal, Elizabeth F. Cohen reveals that our current crisis has roots in early 20th-century white nationalist politics, which began to reemerge in the 1980s. Since then, ICE and CBP have acquired bigger budgets and more power than any other law enforcement agency. Now, Trump has unleashed them. If we want to reverse the rising tide of abuse, Cohen argues that we must act quickly to rein in the powers of the current immigration regime and revive saner approaches based on existing law. Going beyond the headlines, Illegal makes clear that if we don't act now all of us, citizen and not, are at risk.

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©2020 Elizabeth F. Cohen (P)2020 Basic Books
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Critic reviews

"Cohen draws on a wealth of historical evidence to present her dire portrait of America's immigration system, and her commonsense solutions feel both necessary and attainable... [A] trenchant call to action." (Publishers Weekly)

"A fascinating dive into our country's lawless immigration enforcement regime and how it developed." (Alex Nowrasteh, the Cato Institute)

"A concise but unflinching look at the barbaric state of immigration in America...The author is a sharp examiner of the relevant data and research, and she is shrewd enough not to drown in the political quicksand surrounding immigration. However, she doesn't shy away from controversy, exploring the dangers of white nationalism and taking into account the pragmatic reasons to formulate a fair immigration policy that doesn't prostrate itself before communal fear...An even-keeled examination." (Kirkus)

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