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This article focuses on an example of Enrique Betancourt, a Mexican immigrant who was incarcerated for larceny and was released in an unusual manner. This case shows how both Mexican migrants and Mexican officials initiated deportations and repatriations that operated outside the official parameters of U.S. immigration policy and enforcement.
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immigration history blog, bryan winston,"contesting immigration incarceration: how the mexican consulate in st. louis worked to free migrants", iehs online, immigration and ethnic historical society (iehs), deportations and repatriations operated outside the official parameters of u.s. immigration policy
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)