ABSTRACT

Restrictions on assembly, all of which disproportionately target Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, demonstrate that the freedom to assemble depends on state-defined temporal, behavioral, and spatial boundaries of political practice. This essay analyzes how the migrant caravans organized by Pueblo Sin Fronteras (PSF) push against the state-derived boundaries on assembly. Specifically, it focuses on two tactics deployed by the caravans: (1) using the term caravan and caravana to describe border crossing, and (2) media practices that turned undocumented border crossing into border refusal. These tactics contested the nation-state sovereignty required to mark its jurisdiction, and thus, to decide on the correct place and form of politics. In the end, the essay argues that the caravan expanded what it means to freely assemble by turning undocumented migration into protest. Communication scholars should pay attention to this expansion because it illuminates alternate ways of being political that push against the legacy of nation-state sovereignty and colonization.

摘要

对集会的限制全部以黑人，土著人和有色人种为目标，这表明集会的自由取决于国家对政治实践的时间，行为和空间界限的界定。本文分析了普韦布洛·辛弗隆特拉斯（PSF）组织的移民大篷车如何克服集会上国家派生的界限。具体来说，它着重于商队采用的两种策略：（1）使用“商队”和“商队”一词来描述过境，以及（2）媒体做法将无证过境变成拒绝边境。这些策略对标明其管辖权所需的民族国家主权提出质疑，从而决定了政治的正确位置和形式。到底，这篇文章认为，商队通过将无证移民变成抗议活动，扩大了自由集会的含义。传播学者应注意这种扩张，因为它阐明了替代民族国家主权和殖民统治遗产的替代性政治方式。