Banished Men : How Migrants Endure the Violence of Deportation

**A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more**. What becomes of men the US locks up and kicks out? From 2009 to 2020, the US deported more than five million people—over 90 percent of them men. __Banished Men__ tells 186 of their stories. How, it asks, does forced expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves? In this book, a team of thirty-one Latinx students and an award-winning scholar of gender and migrant exclusion uncover a harrowing system that weaves together policing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization—and overwhelmingly targets men. Guards and gangs beat them down, both literally and metaphorically, as if they are no more than vermin or livestock. Their ties with family are severed. In Mexico, they end up banished: in limbo and stripped of humanity. They do not go "home." Their fight for new ways of belonging, as people of both "here" and "there," forms a devastating, humane, and clear-eyed critique of the violence of deportation. A free ebook version of this title is available throughLuminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishingprogram. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What becomes of men the U.S. locks up and kicksout? From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. deported more than five millionpeople-over 90 percent of them men. In Banished Men,Abigail Andrews and her students tell 186 of their stories. How,they ask, does expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves?The book uncovers a harrowing carceral system that weaves togetherpolicing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization toundermine migrants as men. Guards and gangs beat them down, tillthey feel like cockroaches, pigs, or dogs. Many lose ties withfamily. They do not go "home." Instead, they end up in limbo:stripped of their very humanity. Against the odds, they fight fornew ways to belong. At once devastating and humane, BanishedMen offers a clear-eyed critique of the violence ofdeportation A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program. Visit (http://www.luminosoa.org) www.luminosoa.org to learn more . What becomes of men the U.S. locks up and kicks out? From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. deported more than five million peopleover 90 percent of them men. In Banished Men, Abigail Andrews and her students tell 186 of their stories. How, they ask, does expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves? The book uncovers a harrowing carceral system that weaves together policing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization to undermine migrants as men. Guards and gangs beat them down, till they feel like cockroaches, pigs, or dogs. Many lose ties with family. They do not go "home." Instead, they end up in stripped of their very humanity. Against the odds, they fight for new ways to belong. At once devastating and humane, Banished Men offers a clear-eyed critique of the violence of deportation. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What becomes of men the U.S. locks up and kicks out? From 2009 to 2020, the U.S. deported more than five million people—over 90 percent of them men. In Banished Men, Abigail Andrews and her students tell 186 of their stories. How, they ask, does expulsion shape men's lives and sense of themselves? The book uncovers a harrowing carceral system that weaves together policing, prison, detention, removal, and border militarization to undermine migrants as men. Guards and gangs beat them down, till they feel like cockroaches, pigs, or dogs. Many lose ties with family. They do not go'home.'Instead, they end up in limbo: stripped of their very humanity. Against the odds, they fight for new ways to belong. At once devastating and humane, Banished Men offers a clear-eyed critique of the violence of deportation. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Policed 2. Locked Up and Broken Down 3. Forced Out of Families 4. No Place Called Home 5. Banished 6. Reclaiming Removal Conclusion: The Opposite of Banishment Is Care Appendix: Interviewee Demographics Notes References Index