1 Chaos on the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Report on Migrant Crossing
... convince migrants of the futility of attempting to enter the United States illegally.27 The strategy
“concentrates resources in phases to the areas of greatest illegal activity,” with planned future
concentrations across the Southwest border.28 Through a “phased approach” and “well-laid-out
multi-ye ...
employer sanctions: french, german and us experiences
... Employer sanctions laws are at a crossroads in the industrial democracies. Although there is little
likelihood that they will be repealed, there is a possibility that illegal immigration and employment will
be perceived as a “victimless crime” that deserves lower enforcement priority, as when raids ...
Immigration Surveillance Affirmative
... Department of Homeland Security (DHS): Is an agency of the United States federal government that was
formed in 2002 from the combination of 22 departments and agencies. The agency is charge of various task
related to making the United States homeland safe including customs, border, and immigration e ...
A case of mixed motives? Formal and informal
... and identified and cannot abscond while the expulsion is prepared (cf. Noll 1999: 268).
Given this rationale, immigration law prescribes that confinement has to be annulled as
soon as the migrant’s departure has been organized or if an administrative judge decides
that the chances of expulsion are t ...
Perpetuating the Marginalization of Latinos
... A particular rhetoric has motivated the convergence of immigration and criminal law and insulated the resulting systematic oppression from criticism. The criminal enforcement measures used in the
criminal justice system to locate, detain, and remove immigrants are
popularly justified by reference to ...
The Myth of the “Otherwise Law-Abiding” Illegal Alien
... House would require aliens applying for amnesty to declare the names and Social Security numbers they have used in the
past. The original application for the DACA amnesty did require applicants to list the Social Security numbers they had
previously used; after amnesty advocates complained, the Obam ...
in Word - Women on the Border
... This current backlash against immigrants in general has been growing throughout the
western nations and has been more acutely heightened since the bombings of the World
Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and subsequent bombings in Spain and England.
These incidents along with sentiment that raises ...
Deportability and the Carceral State
... program, which ran between 1917 and 1921, came from Mexico to work for southwestern employers in agriculture and on railroads. The bracero program, an all-Mexican program, ran from 1943 to 1964, and the H2 program, which drew heavily from Jamaica,
ran from 1943 to 1986. Guest workers in these progra ...
Plaintiff`s expert report on crime and immigration
... The perception that the foreign-born—and especially illegal immigrants—are responsible for
higher crime rates is deeply rooted in American public opinion, and sustained by anecdote and
popular myth; but that perception is not only not supported empirically but rebutted by the
preponderance of scient ...
Illegal immigration
Illegal immigration is the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Some countries have millions of illegal immigrants. Immigration, including illegal immigration, is overwhelmingly upward, from a poorer to a richer country. However, it is also noted that illegal immigrants tend not to be the poorest within their populations.When potential immigrants believe that the chances/benefits of successfully migrating are greater than the risks/costs, illegal immigration becomes an option. The benefits taken into account include not only expected improvements in income and living conditions, but also expectations in relation to potential future residential permits, where illegal immigrants are given a path to naturalization or citizenship. The costs may include restrictions on living as an illegal immigrant in the destination country, leaving family and ways of life behind, the experience of visible or verbal disdain by native-born residents in the host country, and the probability of being detained and resulting sanctions.