Elisa Ortega Velázquez

Mi­gra­tion Gov­ernance in Latin Amer­ica and Mexico’s Role as a Con­trol Labor­at­ory

Elisa Ortega Velázquez’s art­icle in the Mex­ic­an Law Review argues that US mi­gra­tion gov­ernance between 2017 and 2025 moved from co­er­cive se­cur­it­isa­tion to a he­ge­mon­ic form of con­trol, span­ning Trump’s first pres­id­ency, the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion and the open­ing of Trump’s second pres­id­ency.