The relationship between undocumented immigrants and law enforcement officials continues to be a politically contentious topic in the United States. Nolan Kline focuses on the hidden, health-related impacts of immigrant policing to examine the role of policy in shaping health inequality in the U.S., and responds to fundamental questions regarding biopolitics, especially how policy can reinforce 'race' as a vehicle of social division. He argues that immigration enforcement policy results in a shadow medical system, shapes immigrants' health and interpersonal relationships, and has health-related impacts that extend beyond immigrants to affect health providers, immigrant rights groups, hospitals, and the overall health system. Pathogenic Policing follows current immigrant policing regimes in Georgia and contextualizes contemporary legislation and law enforcement practices against a backdrop of historical forms of political exclusion from health and social services for all undocumented immigrants in the U.S. For anyone concerned about the health of the most vulnerable among us, and those who interact with the overall health safety net, this will be an eye-opening read.
The relationship between undocumented immigrants and law enforcement officials continues to be a politically contentious topic in the United States. Nolan Kline focuses on the hidden, health-related impacts of immigrant policing to examine the role of policy in shaping health inequality in the U.S., and responds to fundamental questions regarding biopolitics, especially how policy can reinforce 'race' as a vehicle of social division. He argues that immigration enforcement policy results in a shadow medical system, shapes immigrants' health and interpersonal relationships, and has health-related impacts that extend beyond immigrants to affect health providers, immigrant rights groups, hospitals, and the overall health system. Pathogenic Policing follows current immigrant policing regimes in Georgia and contextualizes contemporary legislation and law enforcement practices against a backdrop of historical forms of political exclusion from health and social services for all undocumented immigrants in the U.S. For anyone concerned about the health of the most vulnerable among us, and those who interact with the overall health safety net, this will be an eye-opening read.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: “They Will Stop You”
Nolan Kline is an assistant professor of anthropology at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
“Attrition through enforcement has become the dominant response to
the presence of unauthorized immigrants in the United
States. Nolan Kline, through careful ethnographic exploration
of the situation in Georgia, reveals the many negative impacts of
this approach, not just on immigrants, but on American society as a
whole. Told from the first-hand perspective of a participant
observer, this book is a cri de coeur.”— Doris Marie Provine,
co-author of Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the
Front Lines
Cohesively argued and well-written, Pathogenic Policing will make a
valuable addition to courses in medical anthropology, public
health, and migration, among others. More broadly, its timely
lessons on the public health consequences of racist policing have
important implications for anti-racist social movements and public
policy alike. As the controversial relationship between policing
and public safety (or endangerment) commands international
attention, Pathogenic Policing advances a prescient and robustly
evidenced argument for the incompatibility of racist law
enforcement and community well-being."— Journal of Latin and
American and Caribbean Anthropology
“Pathogenic Policing tells an important story that we all need
to hear. The pipeline from local policing to deportation does not
just remove unauthorized immigrants for petty traffic offenses. It
frightens them, their families, and neighborhoods—indeed, this is a
major cause of family separation—leading to self-denial of needed
health care, a serious burden on communities. Kline’s explanation
of these connections is clear, well-supported, and passionate; this
is a vital book.”— Josiah Heyman, co-editor of The U.S.-Mexico
Transborder Region: Cultural Dynamics and Historical
Interactions
"This ethnography compels us to pay close attention to the multiple
layers of immigration enforcement that mark the current moment, to
recognize how policing reaches beyond any one encounter, and to
consider what forms of community we hope to foster. Kline reveals
how policing directly threatens the health and well-being of
immigrants and their loved ones, and, in the end, erodes rights for
all."
— Deborah A. Boehm, author of Returned: Going and Coming in
an Age of Deportation
"Recommended."— Choice
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