On the Side of ICE

""Mancina masterfully utilizes police worn body camera footage to produce a timely and provocative picture of the role of local police in the national deportation machine."" - Alex S. Vitale, author of The End of Policing ""In political debates about immigration policy, sanctuary is one-sided. On the ground it's complicated– sometimes even contradictory. Analyzing interactions between police and ordinary people, Peter Mancina's deeply researched and provocative On the Side of Ice shows that the gap between sanctuary and policing is closer than policymakers, advocates, and migrants imagine it."" - César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, author of Welcome the Wretched and Migrating to Prison ""As repressive policies against immigration reach unprecedented levels in the United States, leading migrants to experience an embodiment of the border wherever they are and whatever their legal status is, Peter Mancina's vivid description of local police collaboration with ICE agents in a sanctuary state via video analysis of their body-worn cameras is innovative and inspiring."" - Didier Fassin, co-author of Exile: Chronicle of the Border ""Having faced the deportation system first-hand, I know the gap between political rhetoric and the terrifying reality on the ground. On the Side of ICE offers an unflinching look at how surveillance technology is used against our communities, even in places that claim to protect them, and a powerful affirmation of the struggles we at the New Sanctuary Coalition witness daily. More than an academic work, this book is a crucial resource for organizers and advocates."" - Ravi Ragbir, Immigrant Rights Advocate and Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City