Abstract
AbstractWith US immigration policy seeming ever more brutal with each new headline, it becomes increasingly tempting to advocate for the rights of migrants and asylum seekers by presenting the current situation as extraordinary and questioning the legitimacy of the Trump administration’s border enforcement tactics. Jay Timothy Dolmage, Katherine Benton-Cohen, and Beth Lew-Williams, however, show that the contemporary moment is far from exceptional; rather, immigration restriction in North America has long mobilized exclusionary nativist logics and shifting constructions of legality. Timely without being ripped from the headlines, their latest books offer much-needed historical context for a current humanitarian crisis along with important lessons from previous crises.
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