Contrary to popular perceptions that immigration increases crime, the research literature
demonstrates that immigration generally serves a protective function, reducing crime. This …

The United States currently is deporting more people than ever before: 4 million people
have been deported since 1997–twice as many as all people deported prior to 1996. There …

Border policing and immigration law enforcement produce a spectacle that enacts a scene
of 'exclusion'. Such spectacles render migrant 'illegality'visible. Thus, these material …

Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful concepts to emerge within the social
sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic …

From offshore border enforcement to detention centers on remote islands, struggles over
human smuggling, detention, asylum, and associated policies play out along the …

“Leanne Weber and Sharon Pickering in Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global
Frontier draw attention to this urgent concern and make a remarkable contribution to the …

Borders of Belonging investigates a pressing but previously unexplored aspect of
immigration in America—the impact of immigration policies and practices not only on …

This article examines topographies and counter-topographies of power operating
transnationally across a range of sites inhabited by asylum-seekers en route between nation …

This is a major revision and update of Nevins' earlier classic and is an ideal text for use with
undergraduate students in a wide variety of courses on immigration, transnational issues …

Alejandro is one of millions of irregular migrants whose ongoing presence is not formally
sanctioned by the state in which they reside. Some have crossed borders illegally; others …