Aftermath: Deportation Law and the New American DiasporaSince 1996, when new, harsher deportation laws went into effect, the United States has deported millions of noncitizens back to their countries of origin. While the rights of immigrants with or without legal status as well as the appropriate pathway to legal status are the subject of much debate, hardly any attention has been paid to what actually happens to deportees once they pass beyond our aid. In fact, we have fostered a new diaspora of