MASC 4324 Crimmigration and the Militarization of the U.S.-Mexican Border
Recent scholarship in a multidisciplinary perspective has started the conversation about crimmigration law - the merging of criminal law and immigration law. This course will examine the movement of relations among people of minoritized status on the border through a perspective of cultural relevance and place. In particular we will examine the movement from the Military-Industrial Complex, to the Criminal-Industrial Complex, to the Immigration-Industrialization Complex, through the systematic process of militarization of the US Mexico border since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. We will take a more in depth look at the implementation of law and polices and the creation of public sentiment, due to the rhetoric of war, imposed on issues of justice and the further depth of work moving from justice to injustice in areas of immigration policies and the subsequent criminalization of the status of immigration rather than actions of individuals. Justice, security, immigration, culture and education will be examined in our exploration of this phenomenon.