The Dig: Rethinking Migration with Aziz Rana
Typically, people think about migration as immigration: people crossing international borders from one nation-state to another. And for the past half century in the United States, people have tended to think about that immigration in a binary way: lega...
January 10, 2019
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January 10, 2019
The Dig: Rethinking Migration with Aziz Rana
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<p>Typically, people think about migration as <i>immigration</i>: people crossing international borders from one nation-state to another. And for the past half century in the United States, people have tended to think about that immigration in a binary way: legal immigration versus illegal immigration. But to understand the origins of the immigration politics in general and the criminalization of Mexican immigrants in particular that have become the core of the Trump presidency, we must explode these categories, identify their origins, and analyze the history that preceded them. Dan interviews Aziz Rana.</p><p>Thanks to Verso. Check out their huge collection of left-wing titles at <a href="http://www.versobooks.com" rel="nofollow">www.versobooks.com</a></p><p>Please support this podcast with your money at <a href="http://patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">patreon.com/TheDig</a></p>
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