TY - BOOK AU - Elcioglu,Emine Fidan TI - Divided by the wall: progressive and conservative immigration politics at the U.S.-Mexico border SN - 9780520974500 AV - JV6483 .D585 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Oakland, California PB - University of California Press KW - Borderlands KW - United States KW - Mexico KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1 and index; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2479081&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -