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Racial Profiling, the War on Drugs, and the Mass Deportation of

Jamaicans from the United StatesTanya Golash-Boza, PhD

University of Kansastgb@ku.edu

@tanyagolashboza getalifephd.blogspot.com

MASS DEPORTATION

One million deportations since Obama took office

Deportations: 1993-2009

1996: IIRAIRA

2001: 9/11

2003: DHS wascreated 1993

19941995

19961997

19981999

20002001

20022003

20042005

20062007

20082009

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

400,000

450,000

Who gets deported?

95% of deportees are

from Latin America and

the Caribbean.

Most deportees are men.

Latinos more likely to be deported

Honduras

Guatemala

Mexico

El Salva

dorBrazil

Ecuador

ChinaIndia

Philippines

Korea0

0.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.09

Ratio of Undocumented Migrants to Deportees: 2009

ASIA---------------------------->LATIN AMERICA ------------------------------------>

Asians and Europeans unlikely to be deported:Ratio of 2000 Non-Citizen Population to 2009 Criminal Deportees

Honduras

Guatemala

Mexico

El Sa

lvador

Dom. Rep

ublic

Jamaic

a

ColombiaHaiti

Engla

nd

Canad

a

Poland

Phillipines

KoreaRussi

aIndia

China

German

yCuba

Vietnam

Japan

0.0%

0.5%

1.0%

1.5%

2.0%

2.5%

3.0%

3.5%

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN---> EUROPE AND ASIA----------------------------->

4% of Jamaican legal permanent residents have

been deported.

Mostly men.

Mostly on drug charges.

Why?

In New York

State, 94% of people

jailed for drug offenses are

black or Latino

My research: How 40 Jamaicans were deported

How arrested Number Percentage

by ICE at house 2 5%

at ICE office 1 3%

by police as suspect 4 10%after prison release 33 82%

War on Drugs and War on Terror