The Racialization of “Illegality”

This essay examines the intertwined nature of seemingly neutral immigration laws that illegalize certain immigrant groups and the socially constructed attitudes and stereotypes that associate the same legally targeted groups with “illegality,” to produce the racialization of illegality. These comple...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2021-04, Vol.150 (2), p.91-105
Main Author: Menjívar, Cecilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Contours
Criminalization
Discourses
Hierarchies
Hispanic Americans
Immigrants
Immigration
Immigration policy
Latin American cultural groups
Racialization
Social forces
Stereotypes
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!