ABSTRACT:The specter of the "illegal immigrant" looms large today in North American and European political consciousness, serving as a justification for the often violent hardening of borders. While there is much disagreement about what counts as lawful, fair, just, and prudent border governance, there is a far-reaching but rarely remarked upon consensus that these nations ultimately have the right to exclude non-nationals. Even many of those who reject explicitly ethno-nationalist border agendas seem to believe that immigration, and in particular unauthorized immigration, is problem out of control. They describe it as a problem of political strangers - people who originate politically outside of the nation.

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反思边界的后殖民案例

摘要：今天，在北美和欧洲的政治意识中，“非法移民”的幽灵隐约可见，这为边界经常被暴力加固的理由。尽管什么才是合法，公平，公正和审慎的边境治理存在很大分歧，但达成共识却深远而深远，但人们很少同意这些国家最终有权排斥非本国国民。甚至许多拒绝种族主义民族主义边界议程的人似乎都认为移民，特别是未经授权的移民是无法控制的问题。他们将其描述为政治陌生人的问题-政治上来自国外的人。