RT Article
T1 Policing Borders: Unauthorized Immigration and The Pernicious Politics of Attrition
JF Social justice
VO 38
IS 1/2
SP 90
OP 106
A1 Theodore, Nikolas 1964-
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747156183
AB The article looks at immigration policy in the U.S., as of 2011, focusing on the shift of policy action with respect to undocumented immigrants from the federal level to the state and local levels, which the author terms rescaling. He outlines the passage and provisions of the 2010 Arizona Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, Senate Bill (SB) 1070. He discusses the law as exemplifying the attrition strategy adopted by anti-immigrant policymakers in the U.S., based on the idea that if daily life is made difficult enough for undocumented immigrants, they will self-deport, or return to their home countries. Topics include racism against Latinos in the U.S. and shifts in policing priorities.
K1 Racism -- United States
K1 Latin Americans
K1 Public opinion on undocumented immigrants
K1 U.S. states -- Politics & government
K1 Arizona -- Politics & government
K1 Immigration law -- United States
K1 Immigration policy
K1 Legal status of undocumented immigrants
K1 Undocumented immigrants -- United States
K1 Hispanic Americans