The Impact of the 100-mile Border Enforcement Zone on Mexican Americans in Arizona
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nilda Flores‐gonzález (Arizona State University, corresponding author), Nilda Flores-González (0000-0003-1770-2407, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA), Emir Estrada (0009-0000-1350-5890, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA), Michelle Tellez (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA), Daniela Carreon (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA), Brittany Romanello (0009-0004-3784-5995, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642241229532 |
| OpenAlex | W4391608143 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 29 |
Based on qualitative interview data with Mexican American and White participants, this article examines the impact of immigration-related policies on the U.S.-born adult children of Mexican immigrants. Building on Dunn's concept of a low-intensity conflict zone, we argue that the militarization of the border carries consequences for Mexican American border residents. Becoming collateral subjects to a system of racialized legal violence, they experience the suspension of constitutional rights through racially motivated arbitrary stops, interrogations, and searches. The frequency and intensity of these experiences lead to anxiety, frustration, and powerlessness, and chips away at their emotional well-being
Collateral · Criminology · Enforcement · Ethnic group · Immigration · Latin Americans · Law enforcement · Militarization · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization
“I Might Just Feel a Little Safer”
Immigrant Service Access Needs and Recommendations in the U.S.–Mexico Border Region
Asylum Seekers’ Rights Denied and Border Communities Disrupted
Determinants of Mental Health Service Utilization Among Immigrant Caregivers and Their Children in a US-Mexico Border Community
Hierarchy in the Politics of Migration
Deadly Force by U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Symbolic Appropriation of the U.S. Flag
Deportation in an era of devolved discretionary power
Cautious Optimism
Young Adults in Turbulent Times
Black identities
Citizens but Not Americans
Border enforcement and the sorting and commuting patterns of Hispanics
Contested Americans
Driving While Brown
Replenished Ethnicity
States of Belonging
How Race Is Made in America
Impossible Subjects
Punished
Challenging the border patrol, human rights and persistent inequalities
Suspecting immigrants
Toxic Ties
Operation Gatekeeper
U.S. Immigration Officers of Mexican Ancestry as Mexican Americans, Citizens, and Immigration Police
After 9/11 everything changed
In the Belly of the Beast
Everyday violence, structural racism and mistreatment at the US-Mexico border
Death at the Border
Ethno-Racial Profiling and State Violence in a Southwest Barrio
The Land of Open Graves
Collateral Subjects
My Deputies Arrest Anyone Who Breaks the Law
From the Border to the Core
Legal Violence
Migrant deaths in the Arizona desert
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |