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The Border is the Violence

War, Empire and Migrants in the Making of the US-Mexico Border

Alexander Aviña    Arizona State University, USA    

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abstract

This text contextualises the weaponisation of public health laws during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Donald Trump administration within a longer history of the United States waging war, violence and torture on migrants in its southern borderlands. The use of Title 42 to refuse asylum requests – requests legally mandated by US and international laws – represents the rule, not the exception, within a violent border regime that continues to brutalise migrants.

Published
Jan. 11, 2023
Accepted
July 11, 2022
Submitted
June 10, 2022
Language
EN
ISBN (PRINT)
978-88-6969-636-7
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-635-0

Keywords: MigrationWarBorderViolenceTitle 42COVID-19MigrantsPublic health

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