Elcioglu, Emine Fidan,  1984- <br/><br/>
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 
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<br/><br/> 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 
<br/><br/> 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 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520974500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Borderlands--United States.<br/>Borderlands--Mexico.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JV6483  / .D585 2020