Some Sort of Help for the Poor
Blurred Perspectives on Asylum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9954850 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Thomas Ordóñez (0000-0003-3002-8154, Universidad del Rosario, Escuela de Ciencias Humanas Bogotá Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 100-110 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/imig.12175 |
| OpenAlex | W1984717652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
This article explores the distinction between economic and forced migration by following three Guatemalan day labourers in northern California who “discover” the possibility of asylum after coming to the US as undocumented migrants. Vaguely understood as “ some sort of help for Guatemalans,” asylum acquires a confusing assortment of meanings for these men as they hear about it from other migrants and local NGO s. They thus face two problems that hinder their application. The first is that their own rendering of their reasons for migration can look both “forced” and “voluntary.” The second is that beyond the validity of their claims, their life in the US is embedded in the marginalization of the cohort of undocumented migrants they join. Whatever the outcome, the men thus continue to follow the logics of fear and mistrust that characterize undocumented day labourers in the United States
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Systemic ambivalence in authoritarian contexts
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States Against Migrants
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Targeting Immigrants
Impossible Subjects
Covering Immigration
A Rare Examination of Typically Unobservable Factors in US Asylum Decisions
A New Era or More of the Same? Asylum Policy in the UK
Deterrence Measures and the Preservation of Asylum in the United Kingdom and United States
Falling Outside
Troubled Communication
Troubled Communication
Policing Borders, Producing Boundaries. The Governmentality of Immigration in Dark Times
Redrawing the Line
Reconsidering the Problem of 'Bogus' Refugees with 'Socio-economic Motivations' for Seeking Asylum
How Biology Travels
Documentos e indocumentados
Compassion and Repression
The state of confusion
Day Labor Work
Migrant "Illegality" and Deportability in Everyday Life
Structural Vulnerability and Health
Super-diversity and its implications
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |