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Volume 13, Issue 3
  • ISSN 1569-2159
  • E-ISSN: 1569-9862
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Abstract

Immigration has become an object of political contention far from national borders. As migrants and immigrants move into interior cities, border discourses follow them, often propagated by conservative political factions seeking to extend their influence. This article examines one episode of contention around these processes – a struggle among officials, media organizations, and activists to shape the public narrative of a Midwestern U.S by discursively positioning in relation to border processes thousands of kilometers away. Using elements of critical discourse analysis, critical geography, and border studies, the article develops the concept of ‘discursive bordering’ to analyze how policy discourses and political imagery move across national territories, and how “local” actors redefine their own borders, and those of their cities, to resist or support these discursive incursions. Keywords: Policy discourse; political rhetoric; bordering; anti-migrant politics

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2014-01-01
2024-10-12
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  • Article Type: Research Article
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