Date of Award
3-2022
Document Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
First Advisor
Elena McGrath
Keywords
Detention centers, Latin America, immigrants
Abstract
Since the beginning of 2022, 19,948 immigrants have been detained in the United States. Mistreatment of Latin American immigrants occurring across the 215 detention centers located in the United States has grown completely out of control in the more recent years. The U.S. detention system is one that is motivated by racism and superiority complexes of one race over another, leading to Latin American immigrants being treated as less than human. This Senior Thesis explores what a detention center is, the presence of detention centers in the United States, the power structure of ICE and other employees, with personal stories and accounts of detainees to provide legitimate proof to claims of mistreatment and human rights violations. The analysis of detention centers in the United States is essential in order for U.S. citizens to understand what is truly happening within these institutions. Once armed with this knowledge, changes can be made to ensure that these Latin American immigrants go from prisoners back to functioning humans among society.
Recommended Citation
Mulligan, Laura Beth, "The Normalization of Detention Centers in the United States" (2022). Honors Theses. 2553.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/2553
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