Keeping Migrants in Their Place: Technologies of Control and Racialized Public Space in Arizona

This article discusses the developing field of disciplinary strategies used to control and exclude immigrants from public space. The article also analyzes how these technologies of control impact the migrants' use of public space in the state of Arizona. The article notes that global strategies...

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Main Author: McDowell, Meghan G. (Author)
Contributors: Wonders, Nancy A.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Social justice
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 54-72
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Arizona > Politics & government > 1951-
Immigrants > United States
Immigration law > United States
Immigration opponents
Immigration policy
Law enforcement > United States
Public spaces laws
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Summary:This article discusses the developing field of disciplinary strategies used to control and exclude immigrants from public space. The article also analyzes how these technologies of control impact the migrants' use of public space in the state of Arizona. The article notes that global strategies that operate to racialize and criminalize migrants include anti-immigration discourse, immigration law and policy creation, and surveillance tactics and policing rituals directed at migrants by federal and local law enforcement.