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.

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