"In Targeted, radio journalist Deepa Fernandes weaves together original research with history, political analysis, and first-person narratives. From the deadly desert crossing to the jail cells holding detainees, she documents the hidden human struggle behind the immigration debate. Herself an immigrant twice over, she is uniquely positioned to share a perspective rarely understood by the pundits from either party. She arms readers with the facts and takes them on the harrowing journey that is everyday life for the hundreds of thousands who've dreamed of America - then follows the shocking corporate profits won in the business of Homeland Security."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-[286]) and index.

Ch. I. The border crackdown Ch. II. Roundups and registration, detention and deportation Ch. III. The end of asylum as we know it?

Ch. IV. Foreign students, foreign workers, and military naturalization Ch. V. The immigration-industrial complex : booming business at the expense of immigrant rights? Ch. VI. U.S. immigration policy and racism : how white supremacists are writing immigration policy and Democrats are asleep at the wheel.