Captivity, Life and Death at the Nation’s Edge: Two Christian Visions of the U.S. Immigrant Detention Regime

Q3 Arts and Humanities

International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society Pub Date : 2022-12-22 DOI:10.33182/ijor.v3i2.2233

Leah Sarat

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Abstract

Contemporary U.S. border enforcement involves more than the exclusion of immigrants. It also involves the extraction of profits from those held captive at the border line. Recast as “bodies” to fill “bed space” in dealings between ICE and private prisons, detained people experience multiple levels of suspension: between nations, between legal statuses, and between states of life and death. The testimonies of two Christian leaders who have ministered to those in detention reveal contrasting visions of life, death, and salvation that alternately occlude and shed light on the material realities of immigrant detention. For Timothy O’Dell, former national Director of Chaplaincy for CoreCivic, incarceration is a transformative experience that can prompt individuals to seek salvation in the hereafter. For Diana Ramos, an asylum-seeker who ministered to her peers while held at CoreCivic’s Eloy Detention Center, the harrowing realities of detention catalyzed moments of this-worldly healing, fueled by imagery of liberation.

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囚禁、国家边缘的生与死:美国移民拘留制度的两种基督教观点

当代美国边境执法涉及的不仅仅是排斥移民。它还涉及从边境线上的俘虏身上榨取利润。在ICE和私人监狱之间的交易中，被拘留者被重新塑造成“身体”来填补“床位”，经历了多重暂停:在国家之间，在法律地位之间，在生与死之间。两位曾服侍被拘留者的基督教领袖的见证揭示了对生命、死亡和救赎的截然不同的看法，这些观点交替地掩盖和揭示了移民被拘留的物质现实。对CoreCivic前全国牧师主任蒂莫西·奥戴尔(Timothy O 'Dell)来说，监禁是一种变革的经历，可以促使个人在来世寻求救赎。戴安娜·拉莫斯(Diana Ramos)是一名寻求庇护者，曾在CoreCivic的埃洛伊拘留中心(Eloy Detention Center)照顾她的同龄人。对于她来说，被拘留的悲惨现实催化了这个世俗的治愈时刻，被解放的想象所推动。

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International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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