Latinx Immigration & the Neo-colonial US Carceral State

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dc.contributor.advisorJung, Moon-Kie
dc.contributor.advisorde Leon, Cedric
dc.contributor.advisorParvez, Fareen
dc.contributor.advisorShear, Boone
dc.contributor.authorAbbasi, Ghazah
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, Sociology
dc.date2024-03-27T17:36:12.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T15:59:57Z
dc.date.available2028-05-26T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.date.submitted2023-05
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the relationship between Latinx immigrants and the neocolonial US carceral state. In the Introduction, I use neocolonialism as an analytic for understanding the relationship between the US and Latin America, contextualizing Latinx immigration to the US amidst neocolonial globalization. In Paper 1, I compare the implicit racialization of Latinx 'unskilled' temporary workers and Asian 'high-skilled' specialty occupation workers through the US visa system. In Paper 2, I argue that Trump’s immigration policies represented an extension of rather than a departure from the Obama era. Even prior to the pandemic, Trump struggled to reach Obama’s high bar for deportations. In Paper 3, I examine U-Visas, which are granted to survivors of gender-based crimes. I argue that immigration agencies exploit survivors by disciplining them into receiving pain and using them to fuel carceral capitalism. In the Conclusion, I coin the term ‘carceral governmentality’ to show how the state uses governmental techniques to enact violence against Latinx immigrants.
dc.description.degreeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
dc.description.departmentSociology
dc.description.embargo2028-05-26T00:00:00-07:00
dc.identifier.doi10.7275/35126079
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3752-6754
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/19163
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectcriminalization
dc.subjectracialization
dc.subjectgender-based violence
dc.titleLatinx Immigration & the Neo-colonial US Carceral State
dc.typeDissertation (5 Years Campus Access Only)
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:ghazah@gmail.com|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Abbasi, Ghazah
digcom.date.embargo2028-05-26T00:00:00-07:00
digcom.identifierdissertations_2/2795
digcom.identifier.contextkey35126079
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