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Author: Jennifer G. Correa Publisher: ISBN: Category : Border security Languages : en Pages : 241
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Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a shift has occurred in the discursive framing of undocumented Mexican immigrants who have entered the United States. The federal State has publicly proclaimed a "War on Terror" solidly coupling immigration and terrorism concerns rearticulating "illegal aliens" as would-be "terrorists" through the establishment the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Chacón and Davis 2006; Newman 2006; Fernandes 2007; Doty 2009; Massey 2009). This shift in the discourse has impacted the U.S.-Mexico border by re-framing this geo-socio-political boundary and its inhabitants as a potential terrorism threat to American National Security. The findings demonstrate that the U.S.-Mexico border does not intrinsically hold definitions of constant "crisis," "chaos," and "lawlessness." The social construction of people of Mexican-origin and the U.S.-Mexico border region as dangerous by the federal State serves two fundamental purposes: (1) To control and manage a targeted population and; (2) To spread fear among the general population while simultaneously fashioning itself as the knowledgeable expert. This control and management of a targeted population was done through the Secure Fence Act of 2006--a 670-mile concrete barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. The narratives of border residents are used to illustrate how the State's barrier impacts their daily lives, subjectivities, and rights.
Author: Jennifer G. Correa Publisher: ISBN: Category : Border security Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a shift has occurred in the discursive framing of undocumented Mexican immigrants who have entered the United States. The federal State has publicly proclaimed a "War on Terror" solidly coupling immigration and terrorism concerns rearticulating "illegal aliens" as would-be "terrorists" through the establishment the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (Chacón and Davis 2006; Newman 2006; Fernandes 2007; Doty 2009; Massey 2009). This shift in the discourse has impacted the U.S.-Mexico border by re-framing this geo-socio-political boundary and its inhabitants as a potential terrorism threat to American National Security. The findings demonstrate that the U.S.-Mexico border does not intrinsically hold definitions of constant "crisis," "chaos," and "lawlessness." The social construction of people of Mexican-origin and the U.S.-Mexico border region as dangerous by the federal State serves two fundamental purposes: (1) To control and manage a targeted population and; (2) To spread fear among the general population while simultaneously fashioning itself as the knowledgeable expert. This control and management of a targeted population was done through the Secure Fence Act of 2006--a 670-mile concrete barrier between the U.S. and Mexico. The narratives of border residents are used to illustrate how the State's barrier impacts their daily lives, subjectivities, and rights.
Author: Edward S. Casey Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 029276832X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 313
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Using the U.S. wall at the border with Mexico as a focal point, two experts examine the global surge of economic and environmental refugees, presenting a new vision of the relationships between citizen and migrant in an era of “Juan Crow,” which systematically creates a perpetual undercaste. Winner, National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES) Outstanding Book Award, 2017 As increasing global economic disparities, violence, and climate change provoke a rising tide of forced migration, many countries and local communities are responding by building walls—literal and metaphorical—between citizens and newcomers. Up Against the Wall: Re-imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border examines the temptation to construct such walls through a penetrating analysis of the U.S. wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as investigating the walling out of Mexicans in local communities. Calling into question the building of a wall against a friendly neighboring nation, Up Against the Wall offers an analysis of the differences between borders and boundaries. This analysis opens the way to envisioning alternatives to the stark and policed divisions that are imposed by walls of all kinds. Tracing the consequences of imperialism and colonization as citizens grapple with new migrant neighbors, the book paints compelling examples from key locales affected by the wall—Nogales, Arizona vs. Nogales, Sonora; Tijuana/San Diego; and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. An extended case study of Santa Barbara describes the creation of an internal colony in the aftermath of the U.S. conquest of Mexican land, a history that is relevant to many U.S. cities and towns. Ranging from human rights issues in the wake of massive global migration to the role of national restorative shame in the United States for the treatment of Mexicans since 1848, the authors delve into the broad repercussions of the unjust and often tragic consequences of excluding others through walled structures along with the withholding of citizenship and full societal inclusion. Through the lens of a detailed examination of forced migration from Mexico to the United States, this transdisciplinary text, drawing on philosophy, psychology, and political theory, opens up multiple insights into how nations and communities can coexist with more justice and more compassion.
Author: John Carlos Frey Publisher: Bold Type Books ISBN: 1568588461 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 221
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A damning portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border, where militaristic fantasies are unleashed, violent technologies are tested, and immigrants are targeted. Over the past three decades, U.S. immigration and border security policies have turned the southern states into conflict zones, spawned a network of immigrant detention centers, and unleashed an army of ICE agents into cities across the country. As award-winning journalist John Carlos Frey reveals in this groundbreaking book, the war against immigrants has been escalating for decades, fueled by defense contractors and lobbyists seeking profits and politicians--Republicans and Democrats alike--who relied on racist fear-mongering to turn out votes. After 9/11, while Americans' attention was trained on the Middle East and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Terror was ramping up on our own soil--aimed not at terrorists but at economic migrants, refugees, and families from South and Central America seeking jobs, safety, and freedom in the U.S. But we are no safer. Instead, families are being ripped apart, undocumented people are living in fear, and thousands of migrants have died in detention or crossing the border. Taking readers to the Border Patrol outposts, unmarked graves, detention centers, and halls of power, Sand and Blood is a frightening, essential story we must not ignore.
Author: Martin Gitlin Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC ISBN: 1534500863 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 146
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To some, the idea of a border wall with Mexico represents a necessary and practical barrier to illegal immigration and the perceived host of ills that are associated with it. To others, it is both an unrealistic and inhumane effort that demonizes desperate individuals and families who are only seeking a better life. The debate is fierce and is bound up with competing notions of crime, ethnicity, opportunity, fairness, justice, and what America promises, offers, stands for, and represents. All sides of the debate are presented here, and each is given a fair and respectful hearing, allowing readers to sift through fact and opinion, evaluate the strength of arguments, and form an educated opinion on the issue.
Author: Laura Velasco Ortiz Publisher: Temple University Press ISBN: 1592139094 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 238
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Every day, 40,000 commuters cross the U.S. Mexico border at Tijuana San Diego to go to work. Untold numbers cross illegally. Since NAFTA was signed into law, the border has become a greater obstacle for people moving between countries. Transnational powers have exerted greater control over the flow of goods, services, information, and people. Mexican Voices of the Border Region examines the flow of people, commercial traffic, and the development of relationships across this border. Through first-person narratives, Laura Velasco Ortiz and Oscar F. Contreras show that since NAFTA, Tijuana has become a dynamic and significant place for both nations in terms of jobs and residents. The authors emphasize that the border itself has different meanings whether one crosses it frequently or not at all. The interviews probe into matters of race, class, gender, ethnicity, place, violence, and political economy as well as the individual's sense of agency.
Author: Jeremy Slack Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN: 0816535590 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 281
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Thanks to hundreds of interviews with Mexican deportees, this book puts a real face on discussions of immigration and border policies--Provided by publisher.
Author: Brandon D Shuler Publisher: Texas A&M University Press ISBN: 1623491630 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 376
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When the “counter-canon” itself becomes canonized, it’s time to reload. This is the notion that animates New Border Voices, an anthology of recent and rarely seen writing by Borderlands artists from El Paso to Brownsville—and a hundred miles on either side. Challenging the assumption that borderlands writing is the privileged product of the 1970s and ’80s, the vibrant community represented in this collection offers tasty bits of regional fare that will appeal to a wide range of readers and students. Among the contributions are: Introduction A “Southern Renaissance” for Texas Letters —José E. Limón The Texas-Mexico Border: This Writer’s Sense of Place —Rolando Hinojosa-Smith The Rain Parade —Paul Pedroza
Author: Nicole I Torres Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317249453 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 189
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This ethnography documents and explores the social, political, and material consequences of militarization in the borderlands of Arizona. Based on two years of fieldwork in Phoenix, Tucson, and other communities along the US-Mexico border, the author identifies militarization as a social and political phenomenon that gradually reconfigures both individuals and communities. Through ethnographic instances, she explores how the vocabularies of race, nationalism, and patriotism decrease political engagement and simultaneously increase conflict within the borderland communities.
Author: Peter Laufer Publisher: Anthem Press ISBN: 1785275259 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 322
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The book offers a step-by-step blueprint of radical proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border that go far beyond traditional initiatives to ease restrictions on immigration. Up Against the Wall provides the background to understanding how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants. The book argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open for Mexicans wishing to travel north.
Author: Jennifer G. Correa
Author: Jennifer G. Correa
Author: Edward S. Casey
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Author: John Carlos Frey
Author: Martin Gitlin
Author: Laura Velasco Ortiz
Author: Jeremy Slack
Author: Brandon D Shuler
Author: Nicole I Torres
Author: Peter Laufer