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Obama has deported over one million people. Even more striking, over 95% of those deportees are black or Latino. Why? Because of cooperation between police and immigration law enforcement.TRANSCRIPT
Racial Profiling, the War on Drugs, and the Mass Deportation of
Jamaicans from the United StatesTanya Golash-Boza, PhD
University of [email protected]
@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