Thanks to hundreds of interviews with Mexican deportees, this book puts a real face on discussions of immigration and border policies--Provided by publisher.
Written to be accessible to students, scholars, activists, researchers, and policy makers, this book reports on the results of the Migrant Border Crossing Study, an ongoing 10-year research project that draws on post-deportation surveys, interviews, and ethnography. US scholars and advocates in geography, sociology, Latin American studies, and cultural anthropology examine the impact of mass deportation of Mexicans from the US back to Mexico. They focus attention on the unintended consequences of criminalizing unauthorized Mexican migrants in the US, such as the spread of gang violence and the drug trade. Some subjects are violence and migration on the Arizona-Sonora border, immigration enforcement and family separation, and the use of coyotes at the border. Color photos are included. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Mass deportation is at the forefront of political discourse in the United States. The Shadow of the Wall shows in tangible ways the migration experiences of hundreds of people, including their encounters with U.S. Border Patrol, cartels, detention facilities, and the deportation process. Deportees reveal in their heartwrenching stories the power of family separation and reunification and the cost of criminalization, and they call into question assumptions about human rights and federal policies.
The authors analyze data from the Migrant Border Crossing Study (MBCS), a mixed-methods, binational research project that offers socially relevant, rigorous social science about migration, immigration enforcement, and violence on the border. Using information gathered from more than 1,600 post-deportation surveys, this volume examines the different faces of violence and migration along the Arizona-Sonora border and shows that deportees are highly connected to the United States and will stop at nothing to return to their families. The Shadow of the Wall underscores the unintended social consequences of increased border enforcement, immigrant criminalization, and deportation along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Contributors
Howard Campbell
Josiah Heyman
Alison Elizabeth Lee
Daniel E. Martínez
Ricardo Martínez-Schuldt
Emily Peiffer
Jeremy Slack
Prescott L. Vandervoet
Matthew Ward
Scott Whiteford
Murphy Woodhouse
Mass deportation is currently at the forefront of political discourse in the United States. This volume allows readers to understand the very real impact that mass removal to Mexico has on people’s lives. The Shadow of the Wall underscores the unintended social consequences of increased border enforcement, immigrant criminalization, and deportation along the U.S.-Mexico border.
