Abstract
President Trump's vilification and expulsion of undocumented Latino migrants is only the latest episode of the mass expulsion of Latinos. This essay places Trump's border enforcement policies into historical context as a defense of white national identity. Despite many asserted justifications for this mistreatment of migrants and refugees, the only justification that survives scrutiny is the need to reassure anxious whites that their racial status is being defended.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Juan F. Perea, Immigration Policy as a Defense of White Nationhood, 12 Geo. J. L. & Mod. Critical Race Perspec. 1 (2020).Keywords
- Immigration
- Race
- Trump
- Whiteness
- Law and Whiteness
Disciplines
- Immigration Law
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