In 2017, Kalamazoo County passed a county-based identification program to provide residents a more accessible form of documentation than the State of Michigan ID. Given the normalization of identification cards in contemporary society, the inability to furnish ID can exclude individuals from myriad services. In this article, we analyze transcripts of politicians and residents at county meetings leading up to the passing of the ID policy. This policy was widely supported by attendees. However, many utilized arguments that, while in favor of it, reproduced illegalizing logics. We track the use of four illegalizing frames and argue that while attempting to rationalize the undocumented population as having value, the majority of speakers in favor of the ID articulated opinions that positioned migrants outside the parameters of belonging and reinforced citizen/non-citizen binaries. This article contributes to sociological understanding of the construction of migrant deservingness and the limits of supporting arguments.

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支持论点还是微妙的排除？在美国中西部讨论县 ID 的政府会议中将框架非法化

2017 年，卡拉马祖县通过了一项基于县的身份识别计划，为居民提供比密歇根州身份证更容易获得的文件形式。鉴于当代社会身份证的正常化，无法提供身份证可能会将个人排除在无数服务之外。在这篇文章中，我们分析了政客和居民在身份证政策通过前的县级会议记录。这一政策得到了与会者的广泛支持。然而，许多人使用的论点，虽然支持它，但复制了非法逻辑。我们追踪了四个非法框架的使用，并认为在试图将无证人口合理化为有价值的同时，大多数支持 ID 的发言者都表达了将移民置于归属范围之外的观点，并强化了公民/非公民的二元论。本文有助于社会学理解移民应得性的建构和支持论点的局限性。