The American Border Wall
A History of Legal Division
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12885709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie-Eve Loiselle (0000-0002-5818-9163, University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 176-193 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law Culture and the Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-8721 • E-ISSN: 1743-9752 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1743872120987010 |
| OpenAlex | W3120424606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article investigates the role the law has played in the construction of the US–Mexico border wall. It explores two episodes of wall-building in American history: the first surrounding the adoption of the Act of August 19, 1935, and the second the adoption of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, both authorizing the erection of a fence at the U.S.-Mexico border. The article observes that for each episode, the law provided the sites for the deployment of narratives that constructed Mexicans as “others,” instituting legal precedents that informed increasingly explicit and ambitious legal provisions for the construction of a border wall
Art · Fence (mathematics · Narrative · Political science · Software deployment · Engineering · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |