Internalized Borders: Immigration Ethics in the Age of Trump
The Trump administration's immigration measures and attendant dehumanizing rhetoric have fanned the flames of nationalism and sown fear in communities. Its internal enforcement strategies are bolstered by manipulative narratives that perpetuate myths and reflect facile analyses of complex dilem...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
[2018]
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Theological studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 1, Pages: 146-164 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Trump, Donald 1946-
/ USA
/ Immigration policy
/ Justice
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| RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America NCC Social ethics NCD Political ethics ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Nationalism
B Donald Trump B IMMIGRATION law United States B United States B ECONOMIC conditions in the United States 21st century B History B social sin B civic friendship B migration ethics B structural justice B United States Politics & government 21st century B Immigration B Trump, Donald, 1946- B RHETORIC & politics |
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| Summary: | The Trump administration's immigration measures and attendant dehumanizing rhetoric have fanned the flames of nationalism and sown fear in communities. Its internal enforcement strategies are bolstered by manipulative narratives that perpetuate myths and reflect facile analyses of complex dilemmas, focusing on symptoms rather than causes of migration. Reducing immigration questions to the locus of border crossers alone eclipses from view transnational actors responsible for economic instability, violent conflict, or labor recruitment, and also eclipses their accountability. Recent developments in migration ethics help illuminate significant historical and structural contexts of migration as well as models of justice and norms for negotiating duties of reception that better reflect such relationships. Attending to underlying fears and idolatries that contribute to exclusionary dynamics also emerges as critical for advancing just policy reforms and cultivating civic friendship moving forward. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-1304 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040563917744396 |