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  • Critical Race Theory
  • Immigration Studies

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  • Immigration laws often target specific groups, leading to their association with illegality.
  • Socially constructed attitudes and stereotypes reinforce these legal classifications.
  • Media discourses often perpetuate and reify these associations, contributing to a broader social understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the intertwined nature of immigration laws and social attitudes in producing the racialization of illegality.
  • To analyze how social forces, including media, sustain these associations.
  • To investigate the specific case of Latino groups as the preeminent target of this phenomenon.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of legal frameworks and social discourses.
  • Examination of media representations and their impact.
  • Comparative analysis of racialized illegality across geographical contexts and immigrant groups.

Main Results:

  • Seemingly neutral laws and social stereotypes work together to create 'racialized illegality'.
  • Latino groups are currently the primary targets of this process.
  • Existing racial hierarchies fundamentally shape the contours and outcomes of racialized illegality.

Conclusions:

  • Racialized illegality is a dynamic, context-specific process sustained by legal, social, and media forces.
  • Understanding this phenomenon is crucial for addressing systemic inequalities faced by targeted immigrant groups.
  • The process, while varying in expression, is rooted in and perpetuates existing racial hierarchies.