Who are the “Illegals”? The Social Construction of Illegality in the United States

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration forms

  • Irregular migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Legal-political consequences

  • Crime

Migration governance

• Governance actors

  • National governmental and state institutions

• Migration policy and law

  • Policies on irregular migration

• Governance processes

  • Criminalisation

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

• Transversal themes

  • Race and ethnicity

Geographies

• Scope

  • National

• UN Countries

  • United States Of America