SOC336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Structural Inequality, Racialization, Social Capital
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Week8: march 5: immigration and the state (2): immigration status, How and why do states construct illegality ? (de genova 2002: we should change it to undocumented, not illegal. The everyday life of undocumented migrants: access to education -- impact on children & youth, labour market implications/ social mobility (goldring & landolt. What does it mean to be illega"? (de genova 2002) Illegal immigration = immigration across national borders that in some way violates the immigration laws of the destination country general definition. How and why do states construct illegality"? (de genova 2002) Illegality = political identity bc it is defined by the state. The states constructs illegality through instruments (resources) such as: laws, policies, policing, borders, surveillance. As such, deportation and detention are key technologies that make up government and citizens. Undocumented migrations are not self-generating and random; they are produced and patterned (p. 424) How then, should we study the processes of undocumented migrations? (de genova.
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