The Dig: No Human Being Is Illegal with Mae Ngai
Many Americans take the existence of so-called "illegal immigrants" for granted, whatever their opinion of the matter. But illegality isn't a property of immigrants; rather, it's a creation of positive law.
March 28, 2018
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March 28, 2018
The Dig: No Human Being Is Illegal with Mae Ngai
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The Dig: No Human Being Is Illegal with Mae Ngai
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Many Americans take the existence of so-called "illegal immigrants" for granted, whatever their opinion of the matter. But illegality isn't a property of immigrants; rather, it's a creation of positive law. And we can only understand how immigrants are declared "illegal" by the government by examining this country's too-often ignored history of racist and exclusionary immigration politics. Dan’s guest today is Mae Ngai, an historian at Columbia and the author of <i>Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America</i>. Thanks to Verso Books. Check out <i>The End of Policing </i>by Alex S. Vitale <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing</a> and <i>Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War</i> by Hito Steyerl <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2553-duty-free-art" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2553-duty-free-art</a>. And support this podcast with $ at <a href="http://patreon.com/TheDig!" rel="nofollow">patreon.com/TheDig!</a>
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