The criminalization of migration-related acts, rather than simply strengthening state authority, also represents a risk of exposing legal legitimacy deficits. By drawing on juridical analysis of court judgements, legal documents, and case law, together with ethnographic observation in court and analysis of media coverage, the article argues for acknowledging the extra-legal aspects of criminalization. By employing the concept of legal consciousness, we bring attention to how bordering processes are challenged from below by using the courtroom to expose potential legitimacy deficits concerning crimmigration enforcement. The article shows how the courtroom is not merely a place for convictions but also a site for resistance and social mobilization: a platform that may give marginalized groups voice and visibility, invoking a complex picture of state power, involving the ability to use force as well as reluctance and ambivalence connected to the questionable legitimacy of criminalization strategies.

将与移民有关的行为定为犯罪，而不是简单地加强国家权威，还存在暴露合法合法性缺陷的风险。通过对法院判决书，法律文件和判例法的司法分析，再加上法院对人种学的观察以及对媒体报道的分析，文章认为承认犯罪的法律外方面。通过运用法律意识的概念，我们通过使用法庭来揭露与执法有关的潜在合法性缺陷，来关注如何从下面挑战边界过程。这篇文章说明了法庭不仅是定罪的地方，而且还是抵抗和社会动员的场所：一个平台可以为边缘化群体提供发言权和可见度，