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US-Mexico Border Militarization and Violence: Dispossession of Undocumented Laboring Classes from Puebla, Mexico
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lee, Alison Elizabeth |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | espanolEntrevistas con migrantes retornados en Puebla, Mexico, antes y despues del endurecimiento de la frontera de mediados de la decada de 2000, revelan un mayor riesgo de detencion y violencia contra los migrantes por parte de los coyotes y criminales en la frontera, reduciendo la migracion circular. Los cuerpos ilegales estan desposeidos de seguridad fisica y bienestar psicologico para crear valor en multiples procesos de acumulacion: dentro del proceso de produccion como mano de obra vulnerable, asi como mercancias para los coyotes y los centros privados de detencion. La violencia disciplina a los migrantes para las relaciones laborales mas explotadoras de los programas de trabajadores temporales. EnglishInterviews with return migrants in Puebla, Mexico before and after the massive border build-up of the mid-2000s reveal how increased border enforcement entailed greater risks of arrest and potentiated the violence migrants experienced at the hands of smugglers and criminals, reducing circular migration. Dispossessed of physical security and psychological well-being, illegal mobile bodies create value for multiple accumulation processes: at the point of production as vulnerable workers, as well as commodities for trafficking organizations and private detention centers. The violence inflicted on undocumented border crossers disciplines them for the more exploitative labor relations of temporary worker programs. |
| Starting Page | 211 |
| Ending Page | 238 |
| Page Count | 28 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/migra/v9n4/1665-8906-migra-9-04-00211.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |