Abstract

Since the Trump administration started its ‘war on migrants’ many of civil society’s responses have been oriented to counter the impact of this ‘war’. Such responses include the creation of sanctuary cities and providing legal defence to migrants. In Mexico, the actions of the Trump administration have also reverberated among migrant communities and within government circles. Ways of dealing with the challenges posed by the Trump administration range from policies directed at return migrants to providing shelter to Central American migrants in transit, to organising caravanas de migrantes to the Mexico–US border. This paper addresses how these caravanas have become the focus of biopolitical struggles among different authorities, migrant smugglers and civil society organisations. It argues that biopolitics is not just a state-initiated phenomenon, but that non-state actors are also practicing biopolitics.

摘要

自从特朗普政府开始对移民的“战争”以来，许多民间社会的反应都旨在应对这场“战争”的影响。这些应对措施包括建立庇护城市和为移民提供法律辩护。在墨西哥，特朗普政府的行动在移民社区和政府圈子中也得到了回响。应对特朗普政府所面临挑战的方式，从针对回返移民的政策，向过境中美洲移民提供庇护所，到组织前往墨西哥-美国边境的商队。本文介绍了这些商队已成为不同当局，偷运移民和民间社会组织之间生物政治斗争的焦点。它认为，生物政治不仅是国家发起的现象，而且非国家行为者也在实践生物政治。