Deportation has again taken a prominent place within the immigration policies of nation-states. Irregular Citizenship, Immigration, and Deportation addresses the social responses to deportation, in particular the growing movements against deportation and detention, and for freedom of movement and the regularization of status.

Peter Nyers is University Scholar and Associate Professor of the Politics of Citizenship and Intercultural Relations in the Department of Political Science, McMaster University. He is the author of Rethinking Refugees: Beyond States of Emergency (Routledge 2006) and is a Chief Editor of Citizenship Studies.

Introduction: Citizens of the deportspora 1. The subject of irregularity 2. Abandoned citizens 3. Accidental citizens 4. Irregular economies of rescue and revocation 5. Irregular returns: repatriation from below 6. Liberating irregularity: democratizing borders in sanctuary cities Conclusion: Unsettling irregular citizenship