Review of: Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien” by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

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Abstract

Prof. César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández has spent more than a decade writing about the intersection of criminal law and immigration law. In his most recent book, Welcome the Wretched: In Defense of the “Criminal Alien,” he offers a bold proclamation – that immigration enforcement in the United States should be untethered from the criminal legal system. Grounding his argument are two equally important assertions: (1) tying deportation to perceived criminal activity does not make the United States any safer, and (2) migrants are ​people, “complicated and contradictory,” but worthy of consideration beyond their greatest missteps.
Original languageAmerican English
Specialist publicationBorder Criminologies
StatePublished - Sep 27 2024

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