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02994aam a2200397 i 4500 001 272F87E8FDB111E7BCC604F996128E48 003 SILO 005 20180120010217 007 cr ||||||||||| 008 150622s2015 nyuad b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1623132452 020 $a 9781623132453 035 $a (OCoLC)911292176 040 $a BRL $b eng $e rda $c BRL $d ZCL $d VP@ $d IaU-L $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 100 1 $a Meng, Grace, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012015824 245 12 $a A price too high : $b US families torn apart by deportations for drug offenses / $c written by Grace Meng. 246 3 $a US families torn apart by deportations for drug offenses 264 1 $a [New York, N.Y.] : $b Human Rights Watch, $c [2015] 300 $a 93 pages : $b color illustrations, charts ; $c 27 cm 500 $a "June 2015"--Table of contents page. 500 $a "This report was researched and written by Grace Meng, US Program senior researcher"--Page 93. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Summary -- Key Recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Immigrants and the "War on Drugs" -- III. Lawful Permanent Residents Deported for Drug Offenses -- IV. Permanent Denial of Legal Resident Status -- V. Drug Convictions as Bars to Asylum -- VI. Mandatory Detention -- VII. The Overly Broad Definition of "Conviction" -- VII. The Role of Criminal Defense Attorneys and Prosecutors -- VIII. Drug Control, Immigration Control, and Human Rights -- Recommendations -- Acknowledgments. 520 $a This 93-page report documents how the US regularly places legal residents and other immigrants with strong ties to US families into deportation proceedings for drug offenses. Often, those offenses are decades old or so minor they resulted in little or no prison time. Deportations after convictions for drug possession in particular have spiked, increasing 43 percent from 2007 to 2012, according to US government data obtained by Human Rights Watch through a Freedom of Information Act request"--Publisher's description. 530 $a Also available online. 650 0 $a Drug control $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102308 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration law $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042791 650 0 $a Defense (Criminal procedure) $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102132 650 0 $a Aliens $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003551 650 0 $a Deportation $x Government policy $z United States. 710 2 $a Human Rights Watch (Organization), $e issuing body. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88622031 856 41 $3 PDF $u http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0615_ForUpload_0.pdf 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180120055432.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=272F87E8FDB111E7BCC604F996128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search