The Legal Production of Mexican/Migrant “Illegality”

摘要: Mexican migration to the US is distinguished by a seeming paradox that seldom examined: while no other country has supplied nearly as many migrants Mexico since 1965, virtually all major changes in immigration law during this period have created ever more severe restrictions on conditions of “legal” from Mexico. Indeed, presents itself double sense: one hand, apparently liberalizing laws fact concealed their significantly restrictive features, especially for Mexicans; ostensibly intended deter nonetheless been instrumental sustaining migration, but only restructuring migrants’ legal status “undocumented.” Beginning 1960s— precisely when escalated dramatically—and since, persistent revisions made it impossible great majority who would migrate do so accord with and thus played an role production legally vulnerable, undocumented workforce “illegal aliens.”