The Shadow of the Wall Violence and Migration on the U.S. Mexico Border

Slack, Jeremy (Editor)/ Martínez, Daniel E. (Editor)/ Whiteford, Scott (Editor)/ Heyman, Josiah (Foreward By)/ Woodhouse, Murphy (Photographer)

ISBN 10: 0816535590 / ISBN 13: 9780816535590

Published by Univ of Arizona Pr, 2018

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2nd edition. 243 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0816535590

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Shadow of the Wall Violence and Migration on the U.S. Mexico Border
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816535590
• ISBN 13: 9780816535590
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Synopsis

Mass deportation is at the forefront of political discourse in the United States. The Shadow of the Wall shows in tangible ways the migration experiences of hundreds of people, including their encounters with U.S. Border Patrol, cartels, detention facilities, and the deportation process. Deportees reveal in their heartwrenching stories the power of family separation and reunification and the cost of criminalization, and they call into question assumptions about human rights and federal policies.

The authors analyze data from the Migrant Border Crossing Study (MBCS), a mixed-methods, binational research project that offers socially relevant, rigorous social science about migration, immigration enforcement, and violence on the border. Using information gathered from more than 1,600 post-deportation surveys, this volume examines the different faces of violence and migration along the Arizona-Sonora border and shows that deportees are highly connected to the United States and will stop at nothing to return to their families. The Shadow of the Wall underscores the unintended social consequences of increased border enforcement, immigrant criminalization, and deportation along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Contributors
 
Howard Campbell
Josiah Heyman
Alison Elizabeth Lee
Daniel E. Martínez
Ricardo Martínez-Schuldt
Emily Peiffer
Jeremy Slack
Prescott L. Vandervoet
Matthew Ward
Scott Whiteford
Murphy Woodhouse

About the Author

Jeremy Slack is an assistant professor of geography in the Sociology and Anthropology Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. Daniel E. Martínez is an assistant professor in the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona. Scott Whiteford is the director of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Mexico Initiative and a professor emeritus at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona.