As Old as the Hills: Detention and Immigration

Authors

Lenni B. Benson, New York Law School

First Page

11

Abstract

If you are reading this essay and the related symposium articles, you will learn a great deal about the role detention plays in U.S. immigration law. You will become a witness to our government's use of a tool that directly and undeniably impinges on our most fundamental freedom: personal liberty. It is my hope that by writing this essay, I may contribute to a reexamination by all of us of the reasons we use immigration detention; and that we will ask fundamental questions about whether immigration detention is a legitimate tool. As we learn more, we all become witnesses to our government's actions.

Recommended Citation

Lenni B. Benson, As Old as the Hills: Detention and Immigration, 5 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 11 (2010).
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