Assembling a visa requirement against the Mexican 'wave': Migrant illegalization, policy and affective 'crises' in Canada

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2200-2219

  Villegas, Paloma E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

affective epidemics; assemblage; discourse; migrant illegalization; race; transnational

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LATINO PEOPLE; POPULATION MIGRATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84889245831     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.705009     Document Type: Article

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