Divided by the wall : progressive and conservative immigration politics at the U.S.-Mexico border /
Elcioglu, Emine Fidan, 1984-
Divided by the wall : progressive and conservative immigration politics at the U.S.-Mexico border / Emine Fidan Elcioglu. - Oakland, California University of California Press 2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations, map
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction: State Effects and the Politics of Immigration in Arizona -- Part I. Using Immigration Politics to Remake Oneself -- Part II. Contending with Challenges from the Other Side -- Part III. Practicing Symbolic Politics -- Appendix 1: Methods -- Appendix 2: Interviewees -- Notes -- References -- Index
The construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border--whether to build it or not--has become a hot-button issue in contemporary America. A recent impasse over funding a wall caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sharpening partisan divisions across the nation. In the Arizona borderlands, groups of predominantly white American citizens have been mobilizing for decades--some help undocumented immigrants bypass governmental detection, while others help law enforcement agents to apprehend immigrants. Activists on both the left and the right mobilize without an immediate personal
9780520974500
Borderlands--United States.
Borderlands--Mexico.
Electronic Books.
JV6483 / .D585 2020
Divided by the wall : progressive and conservative immigration politics at the U.S.-Mexico border / Emine Fidan Elcioglu. - Oakland, California University of California Press 2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations, map
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction: State Effects and the Politics of Immigration in Arizona -- Part I. Using Immigration Politics to Remake Oneself -- Part II. Contending with Challenges from the Other Side -- Part III. Practicing Symbolic Politics -- Appendix 1: Methods -- Appendix 2: Interviewees -- Notes -- References -- Index
The construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border--whether to build it or not--has become a hot-button issue in contemporary America. A recent impasse over funding a wall caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sharpening partisan divisions across the nation. In the Arizona borderlands, groups of predominantly white American citizens have been mobilizing for decades--some help undocumented immigrants bypass governmental detection, while others help law enforcement agents to apprehend immigrants. Activists on both the left and the right mobilize without an immediate personal
9780520974500
Borderlands--United States.
Borderlands--Mexico.
Electronic Books.
JV6483 / .D585 2020