TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This chapter examines the conundrum of juvenile immigration law and policy and argues that it is a present-day manifestation of “child-saving” in rhetoric, disposition, and human capital harm. In support of this thesis, the chapter reviews the pertinent human rights, law, and social science evidence, and it concludes that the maintenance of the nation’s existing immigration policy only makes sense within the context of the intentions of the 19th century child-saving movement. To substantiate this view, the political-economic drivers of contemporary US immigration policy (i.e., its child-saving dynamics) are explored. The chapter concludes by speculatively addressing the character (i.e., the form and quality) of modern-day juvenile immigration policy as child-saving informed by the philosophy and criticism of Psychological Jurisprudence (PJ).
VL  - 66
SN  - 978-1-78441-568-6, 978-1-78441-567-9/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1108/S1059-433720150000066006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-433720150000066006
AU  - Lorén Trull S.
AU  - Arrigo Bruce A.
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - US Immigration Policy and the 21st Century Conundrum of “Child Saving”: A Human Rights, Law and Social Science, Political, Economic, and Philosophical Inquiry
T2  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 179
EP  - 225
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -