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Denying Citizenship: Immigration Enforcement and Citizenship Rights in the United States

ISBN: 978-1-80043-028-0, eISBN: 978-1-80043-027-3

Publication date: 9 September 2020

Abstract

In the current era of intensified immigration enforcement and heightened risks of deportation even for long-term lawful permanent residents, citizenship has taken on a new meaning and greater importance. There is also growing evidence that citizenship denials in their various forms have become inextricably linked to immigration enforcement. Who is denied citizenship, why, and under what circumstances? This chapter begins to address these questions by developing a typology of citizenship denials and providing an empirical overview of each type of citizenship denial. Taken together, the typology of citizenship denials and the accompanying empirical overview illustrate the close connection between immigration enforcement and citizenship rights in the United States.

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Acknowledgments

This study was made possible by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the California Wellness Foundation. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors. We thank the anonymous reviewer, Ingrid Eagly, Cindy Guyer, Reed Humphrey, Paul Moorman, Manuel Pastor, Karen Skinner, Irene Vega, and Seth Wessler for their invaluable input and assistance.

Citation

Ryo, E. and Peacock, I. (2020), "Denying Citizenship: Immigration Enforcement and Citizenship Rights in the United States", Sarat, A. (Ed.) Law and the Citizen (Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 84), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 43-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-433720200000084003

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Emerald Publishing Limited