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Bordering a "Crisis": Central American Asylum Seekers and the Reproduction of Dominant Border Enforcement Practices
Journal of the Southwest Pub Date : 2018-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/jsw.2018.0015
Josiah Heyman , Jeremy Slack , Emily Guerra

On June 5, 2014, the right-wing website Breitbart News released photos of South Texas detention facilities overflowing with women and children (Darby, 2014). The headline, “Leaked Photos Reveal Children Warehoused in Crowded U.S. Cells, Border Patrol Overwhelmed,” demonstrates the role of contestation in shaping border policies. The photos show dirty cells, full of young children and women, often sleeping on the floor or with standing room only. While the surface message was apparently humanitarian, the evident agenda was to mobilize fear about a migrant invasion at the U.S.-Mexico border (henceforth, the “border”). Although the source of the photos was anonymous, it must have been taken by someone inside the Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement since photography is not allowed and few people gain access to processing centers (hence, the term “leaked”). Reported by Brandon Darby, a controversial FBI informant who infiltrated the 2008 Republican National Convention and sent two protestors there to jail, the article has limited text, but asserts that “thousands of illegal immigrants have overrun U.S. border security and their processing centers in Texas.” This publicity sparked an important turn to strengthening border enforcement and provided a nationally significant political symbol, both at the time and in the 2016 election. Understand-

中文翻译:

与“危机”接壤:中美洲寻求庇护者和主导边境执法实践的再现

2014 年 6 月 5 日,右翼网站 Breitbart News 发布了德克萨斯州南部拘留设施中挤满妇女和儿童的照片(Darby,2014 年)。标题为“泄露的照片显示儿童被关押在拥挤的美国牢房中,边境巡逻不堪重负”,展示了争论在塑造边境政策方面的作用。照片显示肮脏的牢房里挤满了年幼的儿童和妇女,他们经常睡在地板上或只有站立的空间。虽然表面上的信息显然是人道主义的,但明显的议程是调动对美墨边境(以下简称“边境”)移民入侵的恐惧。虽然照片的来源是匿名的,它一定是由边境巡逻队或移民和海关执法局内的人拍摄的,因为不允许拍照,而且很少有人进入处理中心(因此,术语“泄露”)。布兰登·达比 (Brandon Darby) 是一名有争议的 FBI 线人,他潜入 2008 年共和党全国代表大会并将两名抗议者送进监狱,据报道,这篇文章的文字有限,但断言“成千上万的非法移民已经占领了美国边境安全部门及其在德克萨斯州的处理中心。 ” 这种宣传引发了加强边境执法的重要转变,并在当时和 2016 年的选举中提供了具有全国意义的政治象征。理解- 作为一名有争议的 FBI 线人,他潜入了 2008 年共和党全国代表大会并将两名抗议者送进监狱,这篇文章的文字有限,但断言“成千上万的非法移民已经占领了美国边境安全部门及其在德克萨斯州的处理中心。” 这种宣传引发了加强边境执法的重要转变,并在当时和 2016 年的选举中提供了具有全国意义的政治象征。理解- 作为一名有争议的 FBI 线人,他潜入了 2008 年共和党全国代表大会并将两名抗议者送进监狱,这篇文章的文字有限,但断言“成千上万的非法移民已经占领了美国边境安全部门及其在德克萨斯州的处理中心。” 这种宣传引发了加强边境执法的重要转变,并在当时和 2016 年的选举中提供了具有全国意义的政治象征。理解-
更新日期:2018-01-01
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