ABSTRACT
Numerous scholars studying immigration enforcement have pointed to the significance of particular spatialities of immigration enforcement. This chapter addresses this scholarship by visually and descriptively mapping elements of detention and deportation that are central to the experiences of migrants detained in the United States. It provides brief background information for Ecuadorian migration to the US and research methodology. The chapter explores the influence of the immigration industrial complex in shaping the rapidly growing detention system, including material conditions of detention and the development of internal economies in detention facilities designed to profit on detained migrants. It presents literally and figuratively map detainees' spatial and temporal experiences of detention by focusing on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE's) practice of frequently transferring detained migrants. The chapter focuses on the centrality of space and time in the chaotic structures of detention and deportation.
