Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network
The Immigration Industrial Complex: Why We Enforce Immigration Policies Destined To Fail, Tanya Golash-Boza
The Immigration Industrial Complex: Why We Enforce Immigration Policies Destined To Fail, Tanya Golash-Boza
tanya golash-boza
This article provides a genealogy of the idea of an immigration industrial complex. The immigration industrial complex is the confluence of public and private sector interests in the criminalization of undocumented migration, immigration law enforcement, and the promotion of ‘anti-illegal’ rhetoric. This concept is based on ideas developed with regard to the prison and military industrial complexes. These three complexes share three major features: (a) a rhetoric of fear; (b) the convergence of powerful interests; and (c) a discourse of other-ization. This article explores why Congress has not passed viable legislation to deal with undocumented migration, and instead has passed …
A Confluence Of Interests In Immigration Enforcement: How Politicians, The Media, And Corporations Profit From Immigration Policies Destined To Fail, Tanya Golash-Boza
A Confluence Of Interests In Immigration Enforcement: How Politicians, The Media, And Corporations Profit From Immigration Policies Destined To Fail, Tanya Golash-Boza
tanya golash-boza
The concept of an immigration industrial complex draws from previous work on the prison industrial complex and the military industrial complex. All three of these complexes point to the ways that the interests of government bureaucracies, corporate elites, and politicians shape laws and policies. This article explains how the undocumented status of migrants provides advantages to at least three groups: (a) media pundits who make their careers railing against ‘illegal aliens’; (b) politicians who use undocumented migrants as scapegoats; and (c) contractors who profit from massive immigration enforcement expenditures. The disenfranchised status of undocumented migrants enhances the ability of each …
Golash-Boza, T. (2009). The Immigration Industrial Complex : Why We Enforce Immigration Policies Destined To Fail., Tanya Golash-Boza
Golash-Boza, T. (2009). The Immigration Industrial Complex : Why We Enforce Immigration Policies Destined To Fail., Tanya Golash-Boza
tanya golash-boza
No abstract provided.