Divided by the wall : progressive and conservative immigration politics at the U.S.-Mexico border / Emine Fidan Elcioglu.

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

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

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