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Detention, Deportation, and the Lives In Between

Books that trace how U.S. deportation enforcement is built, challenged in court, and experienced by the families and communities caught in its reach.

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6 booksApril 10, 2026
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  1. In the Shadow of Liberty

    1. In the Shadow of Liberty

    Ana Raquel Minian traces how deportation power is built and exercised and illuminates the human toll that court...
    Shelf signal: U.S. History
  2. Separated

    2. Separated

    Soboroff provides reporting and narrative on recent enforcement policies and child and family separation that...
    Shelf signal: 21st-Century America
  3. The Undocumented Americans

    3. The Undocumented Americans

    Karla Cornejo Villavicencio gives a personal, ground-level portrait of undocumented lives vulnerable to expanded...
    Shelf signal: Hispanic & Latino Biography
  4. The Line Becomes a River

    4. The Line Becomes a River

    Francisco Cantu offers frontline insight into border enforcement practices and the institutional logic that produces...
    Shelf signal: Cultural Heritage Lives
  5. The End of the Myth

    5. The End of the Myth

    Greg Grandin situates contemporary deportation politics in a longer history of U.S. territorial and exclusionary policy...
    Shelf signal: U.S. History
  6. Dreaming of Home

    6. Dreaming of Home

    Cristina Jiménez, as an organizer and writer, connects policy shifts to advocacy, legal strategy, and political...
    Shelf signal: Hispanic & Latino Biography
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